Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mills
IPA transcription: [m'ɪlz]
Pronunciations of mills
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Mills, Robert_Mills
    Meaning: United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
Usage examples
  • "What, with those troubles at the mills?
  • "Who is that, watching our mills?" said Mrs. Halifax, hastily.
  • The water-power being so greatly lessened, I must either stop the mills, or work them by steam."
  • Cotton mills, factories, and manufacturing plants would rise up as the green corn after a shower.
  • "I have taken a large house not far from the mills, and I am having it papered and painted and put into very comfortable shape.
  • A week later Margaret learned that Rosy and Katy were out of school. When she looked them up she found them at work in the mills.
  • With one hand I relieve the children's suffering; with the other I take dividends from the very mills that make the children suffer.
  • Frank Spencer had already left the Mill House and gone to Hilcrest when McGinnis was well enough to go back to his place in the mills.
  • Some of the children in the mills, indeed, were there solely--according to the parents' version--because they could not "get on" in school.
  • Finally, at the edge of the clearing nearest the mills, stood the business office, and to this place Mr. Merrick and Arthur at once proceeded.
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