"coffee-mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coffee-mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coffee-mill (plural coffee-mills)
  1. Alternative form of coffee mill Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: coffee mill Categories (topical): Coffee
    Sense id: en-coffee-mill-en-noun-R0tiDdwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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