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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

面粉厂

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Miànfěn chǎng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flour mill/ˈflaʊ.ər mɪl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个面粉厂生产高质量的面粉。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A facility where grain is ground into flour.

    "The local flour mill produces high-quality whole wheat flour."
  2. 2

    A machine used for grinding grain into flour.

    "She used a traditional stone flour mill to make her bread."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English words 'flour' (representing the finely ground meal of grain) and 'milne' or 'mill' (from Old English 'mylen', ultimately stemming from Late Latin 'molina'). Historically denoting a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour, the term evolved to encompass both large industrial facilities and small domestic appliances.

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