hammermill

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noun

A machine for shredding or crushing aggregate material, consisting of a drum containing a vertical or horizontal rotating shaft or drum on which hammers are mounted; a building containing such a machine; a place of business where such milling is done.

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Meanings

nounhammermill (plural hammermills)

plural hammermills

  1. A machine for shredding or crushing aggregate material, consisting of a drum containing a vertical or horizontal rotating shaft or drum on which hammers are mounted; a building containing such a machine; a place of business where such milling is done.
verbhammermill (third-person singular simple present hammermills, present participle hammermilling, simple past and past participle hammermilled)

present singular third person hammermills · participle present hammermilling · participle past hammermilled · past hammermilled

  1. transitiveTo shred or crush by means of a hammermill.

Origin

From hammer + mill.

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APA

hammermill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammermill

MLA

“hammermill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammermill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hammermill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammermill.

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