paper mill
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪpər mɪl/
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fábrica de papel
- A number of paper mills, in fact, were built at least partly on that expectation.
- pulp and paper mill
- paper mill sludge
- local paper mill
We don't have a paper mill, but we have plenty of wood.
- We don't have a paper mill, but we have plenty of wood.
- The situation is now so bad that Chinese paper mills actually make a profit by pulping the worthless banknotes.
- Wade did, He worked for International Paper Company at a corrugating plant where they made cardboard and there was a paper mill there.
Examples
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There used to be tons of paper mills in Maine.
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I'm at the old paper mill.
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I worked in the biggest paper mill in the world.
Fiction book (2000) -
On the edge of the lake, the paper mill was lighted up like a small city.
Fiction book (1999) -
New York State is home to the largest number of paper mills (54) in the United States.
Academic text (1995) -
Then ask yourself why there aren't any paper mills in Michigan anymore either.
Blog text (8) -
We were filming in the yard of a paper mill, along a canal, interviewing workers.
Fiction book (2002) -
We lived near Morriston, a decaying paper mill town in northeastern.
Fiction book (1999) -
The situation is now so bad that Chinese paper mills actually make a profit by pulping the worthless banknotes.
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My brother started working in the paper mill when he turned fifteen.
Synonyms
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A building where things are made or raw materials are processed
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Morphology
A learner who knows 'paper' (documents/sheets) and 'mill' (a facility that manufactures or processes goods) can plausibly infer the basic idea of an operation that produces papers, so the core compositional logic is accessible. However, the specific specialized sense referring to an academic/essay service and its negative connotations (fabricated or plagiarised work) is a metaphorical extension and not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Paper mill comes from a simple picture of a mill, a building with big machines often by a river, that turns wood or old cloth into paper. That's why it means 'a factory where paper is made'.