roller mill

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical}} A simple [[mill]], often powered by animals, which [[grind]]s a material (grain, olives, chalk, etc) between a stationary horizontal stone disk and two vertical stone [[cylinders]], in order to produce [[flour]], [[olive oil]], etc.
2. An industrial mill, usually electric- or steam-powered, which [[mill]]s a material ([[grain]], [[pigment]], etc) between a series of [[roller]]s (often ribbed and usually operating at different [[speed]]s), to produce flour, etc.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.