"roller mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roller mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roller mill (plural roller mills)
  1. (historical) A simple mill, often powered by animals, which grinds 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. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-roller_mill-en-noun-h8f8cWvu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  2. An industrial mill, usually electric- or steam-powered, which mills a material (grain, pigment, etc) between a series of rollers (often ribbed and usually operating at different speeds), to produce flour, etc. Translations (roller mill): валцова мелница (valcova melnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), κυλινδρόμυλος (kylindrómylos) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-roller_mill-en-noun-r0NDhzGH Disambiguation of 'roller mill': 44 56

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