place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g., Bark mill produces tanbark for tanneries Cider mill crushes apples to give cider Gristmill grinds grain into flour Oil mill, see expeller pressing, extrusion Paper mill produces paper Sawmill cuts timber Starch mill Steel mill manufactures steel Sugar mill (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products Textile mill Silk mill, for silk Flax mill, for flax Cotton mill, for cotton Huller (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice Powder mill produces gunpowder Ball mill Bead mill Coffee mill Colloid mill Conical mill Disintegrator Disk mill Edge mill Gristmill, also called flour mill or corn mill Hammermill IsaMill Jet mill Mortar and pestle Pellet mill Planetary mill Stirred mill Three roll mill Vibratory mill VSI mill Wiley mill See also Burr grinder Coffee grinder Expeller Extruder Herb grinder Millstone Rock crusher IsaMill References External links Video of fine grinder in mining application Flour Mill Details Image of SAG mill during installation Grinding Media Grinding Media Guide Mining equipment