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cider mill

cider mill

1 3.9
A place where people press apples to make apple cider
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪdər mɪl/
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  • When I got to the cider mill, I ran into farmer John, who was just about to drive up to the peaches to spray.

Examples

  • The local cider mill produces delicious cider that attracts visitors from all around the region.

  • I have also purchased Pumpkin Butter at a local apple orchard/cider mill.

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  • Terry, my family and I feel the same way about the loss of the cider mill, the sprouting of mega-pharmacies (how is that a mirror of our culture?), and our slash-and-burn approach to "progress."

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  • Families enjoy visiting the cider mill during the fall to watch the apples being pressed into juice.

  • At the cider mill, you can taste fresh apple cider made from the apples harvested from the orchard.

Synonyms

mill
vscider mill
20 2.2

A machine that grinds materials like grain and coffee

is specific to pressing apples for juice rather than general grinding
ciderpress
vscider mill
8.2

A machine that presses apples to make cider

is a larger place or installation rather than a single machine

How Productive

cider mill
1 3.9

Surface Forms

cider mill singular
cider mills plural

Morphology

cider + mill

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'mill' (a place that processes raw materials) that produces or presses 'cider' (apple beverage), so a place where apples are pressed for cider. This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will reliably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Cider mill comes from a simple farm picture: a mill that presses apples to make cider, the apple drink. So Cider mill means 'a mill where apples are pressed to make cider'.