Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mill drill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
mil-l -drill
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A classroom exercise in which students have to mill around to exchange information.

noun

A light-duty machine tool for milling or drilling, as needed; it combines a drill press with the X/Y coordinate abilities of a milling machine's table and a locking collet that ensures that the milling cutter will not fall from the spindle due to lateral forces against the cutter during milling.

Inflected Forms

mill drills (plural)

Phrases

mill-turn

Frequently Paired Words

mill-turn mill-drill

Questions

What does mill drill mean?
A classroom exercise in which students have to mill around to exchange information.

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