"paper mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paper mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paper mill (plural paper mills)
  1. A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients. Translations (factory): paperera [feminine] (Catalan), papírna [feminine] (Czech), paperfarejo (Esperanto), papermuelejo (Esperanto), paperitehdas (Finnish), papeterie [feminine] (French), papeleira [feminine] (Galician), Papierfabrik [feminine] (German), papírmalom (Hungarian), muileann páipéir [masculine] (Irish), cartiera [feminine] (Italian), 製紙工場 (seishikōjō) (Japanese), papirfabrikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), papirfabrikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), كاغدخانه (kâğıdhane) (Ottoman Turkish), papiernia [feminine] (Polish), papeleira [feminine] (Portuguese), muileann-pàipeir [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), papelera [feminine] (Spanish), fábrica de celulosa [feminine] (Spanish), fábrica de papel [feminine] (Spanish), pappersbruk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-paper_mill-en-noun-1iV7mx76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 19 44 Disambiguation of 'factory': 86 6 7
  2. An organization that unethically sells pre-written papers to students. Synonyms: essay mill
    Sense id: en-paper_mill-en-noun-1-zAhB5s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 19 44
  3. An organization that produces large volumes of poor-quality or forged research papers.
    Sense id: en-paper_mill-en-noun-1fh0Om2~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 19 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (organization churning out low-quality or fake academic work): accreditation mill, diploma mill, ordination mill
Disambiguation of 'organization churning out low-quality or fake academic work': 9 42 49

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