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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 stamps
Familiarity information: STAMP MILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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