milling

plural millings

1. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.
   1. countableuncountableSuch grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
   2. countableuncountableSuch cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
   3. countableuncountableengineeringA type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
2. countableuncountableThe surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
   1. countableuncountableThe series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
3. countableuncountableA circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mill

plural Millings

1. A surname.