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Meaning of flint mill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A mill in which flints are ground.
  2. An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light without igniting the firedamp.
    historical

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

flint paper flinthead Flintier Flintiest Flintiness flinting

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