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STAMP MILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp mill mean? 

STAMP MILL (noun)
  The noun STAMP MILL has 1 sense:

1. a mill in which ore is crushed with stampsplay

  Familiarity information: STAMP MILL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAMP MILL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stamp mill; stamping mill

Hypernyms ("stamp mill" is a kind of...):

factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp mill"):

battery; stamp battery (a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores)

quartz battery; quartz mill (a stamp mill for stamping quartz)


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