Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knocking mill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: knock-ing mill
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of mill powered by running water that repeatedly applies a heavy hammer to grain, ore, etc.

Example Sentences

"Up he started - the wind arose - the corn was chopped - the outlyers were foddered - the hand-mill moved around, as by instinct - and the knocking-mill did its work with amazing rapidity."

Inflected Forms

knocking mills (plural)

Questions

What does knocking mill mean?: A type of mill powered by running water that repeatedly applies a heavy hammer to grain, ore, etc.

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