handmill

English

Alternative forms

• hand-mill, hand mill

Etymology

From hand +‎ mill. Compare Dutch handmolen (“handmill”), German Handmühle (“handmill”), Danish håndmølle (“handmill”).

Noun

handmill (plural handmills)

1. A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.

Translations

hand-operated grinding apparatus

• Assamese: জাঁত (zãt)
• French: moulin à bras m
• German: Handmühle f
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• Pashto: مېچن (ps) f (mečën)
• Plautdietsch: Hauntmäl f
• Scottish Gaelic: brà f

See also

• quern

Anagrams

• millhand