milling machinery
- noun
- Specialized
:
maquinaria de molienda
- In the workshop, skilled operators use milling machinery for precise wood cutting and shaping.
Examples
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At New Britain Palm Oil, he was responsible for the processing, production, and quality control of palm oil for exporting and maintenance of the oil milling machinery.
Academic text (2011) -
To create fine powders, the milling machinery must be properly calibrated and maintained.
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The factory uses advanced milling machinery to produce fine flour from wheat.
Synonyms
27
2.5
A machine that crushes materials, for example coffee beans
20
2.2
A machine that grinds materials like grain and coffee
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7.2
A machine that crushes things into powder or small pieces
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2.2
A building or machine that grinds grain into flour
1
9.8
A mill that grinds grain into flour for local farmers
A machine that crushes quartz rock to get gold or other metals
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Morphology
The meaning 'machines used for grinding or processing materials' is directly derivable from combining 'mill' (to grind/crush) with 'machinery' (machines/equipment). This is a straightforward compositional modifier + noun pattern that is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Milling machinery comes from old mills where heavy stones turned to grind grain. milling is the work of grinding and machinery are the machines that do it, so the image of stones crushing grain explains why it means 'machines used for grinding, crushing, or processing materials into smaller parts or powders'.