In simple English, can you please explain the difference between a factory and a mill?
#96434. Asked by armindasantana. (Jun 07 08 6:27 PM)
Mill may refer to:|
Mill (grinding), equipment for the grinding or pulverizing of raw materials using millstones
windmill, wind powered
watermill, water powered
horse mill, animal powered
treadwheel, human powered (archaic: "treadmill")
Mill (factory), a place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g.
a cotton mill is a factory for processing cotton
a paper mill produces paper
a sawmill cuts timber
a gristmill grinds grain into flour
a steel mill manufactures steel
a sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products
a huller (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice
Milling machine, machine tool that operates by moving a work piece against a cutter.
Stamp mill, a specialized machine for reducing ore to powder for further processing or for fracturing other materials.
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