moulin
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- noun
- /muːˈlæn/
- Specialized
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moulin
- The night, the wine, the women, the cabaret, the Moulin Rouge.
Examples
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Deputy de Nicolay, in representing the Moulin district?
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This shows what happens to cracking and when the lakes are formed, give rise to what is known as "moulins".
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And the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
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Now, to some extent always there were seasonal thawing and formed themselves "moulins" in the past, but not like now.
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I agree that Dreamgirls and Chicago do it for musicals, but you also have to add Moulin Rouge!
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I love Moulin Rouge, but I don't go, "Oh, that Christian, he's so shallow."
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Ally contact will meet you at Café Moulin, 1315 hours...
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The water flows rapidly through the moulin and into the glacier's base.
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During the summer, the glacier's moulin channels meltwater down to the valley below.
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Scientists study the moulin to understand how glaciers lose mass as the ice melts.
Synonyms
A deep vertical hole in a glacier where melt water falls through the ice
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word moulin comes from French moulin, which means 'mill', a place that turns grain. In a glacier, a moulin is a deep hole where melt water falls and often spins as it goes down, so the name helps you picture water turning like a little mill.