flour mill

collocation in English

meaningsofflourandmill

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flour
noun[U]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
powder made from grain, especially wheat, used for making bread, cakes, pasta, ...
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mill
noun[C]
uk
/mɪl/us
/mɪl/
a building where grain is crushed ...
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(Definition offlourandmillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are transit sheds, cold storage facilities, and aflourmilldepot.
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This quay space is adjacent to theflourmill.
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I am not sure that there is even aflourmillleft there now.
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They do not come out that way but go round theflourmill, at the back.
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Currently, however, there appears to be limited commercial interest in the facility as it is used only by the localflourmill.
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It may affect aflourmillor some interest quite dissimilar from fishing, but at the same time of considerable importance.
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For example, in the building of aflourmill, the silos that hold the wheat are put up only for that one purpose.
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They went to aflourmillwhere chains at head height were whirring with great speed and no effort was being made to guard them.
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I heard recently of a group who visited a certainflourmill.
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I saw in a paper to-day a picture of a great newflourmillwhich had been put up in a most exposed situation.
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By 1846 it had been converted to grind mustard, annatto and drugs, but by 1874 was aflourmill.
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The stadium was built in 1907 on the site of aflourmill, and presently holds around 8,300.
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In 1850, theflourmillwas destroyed by a flood.
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A recently restoredflourmill, still producing flour.
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He also operated aflourmilland a sawmill and exported hewn wood.
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Theflourmillhad at its disposal two millstones with a running time of six months.
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In 1868, his brother joined him in the business, which include the sale of dry goods, clothing and groceries, aflourmilland steamboats.
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A largeflourmillwas built in 1877, and a tavern, large dry goods store and blacksmith shop soon followed.
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At that time there was a blacksmith's shop, a general store and aflourmill.
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There are three good stores, two churches, a good school-house, a largeflourmill, two doctors offices, a blacksmith shop and post-office.
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