Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coffee mill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: cof-fee mill
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mill at which coffee beans are dried, roasted, and ground prior to sale.

noun

A device designed for grinding coffee beans.

Example Sentences

"A good road leads to Pohoiki, once the site of a coffee mill and a prosperous village, but now almost deserted."
"Mary Goretihas run the Jalamba coffee mill near Kituntu for ten years."
"During the boom period of the early 1890s, he converted his pineapple cannery into a coffee mill."
"The best way to do the grinding is in an electric coffee mill, if you happen to have one, but the old mortar-and-pestle routine works well, too."
"After drying, put ingredients, small amounts at a time, into a coffee mill and grind to a spice-like consistency."
"She held an ornate brass coffee mill under her left arm and used her right hand to grind the freshly toasted beans."

Inflected Forms

coffee mills (plural) coffee-mill (alternative) coffeemill (alternative)

Synonyms

coffee grinder

Questions

What does coffee mill mean?: A mill at which coffee beans are dried, roasted, and ground prior to sale.

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