Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: miller  mi-lu(r)
  1. Someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
    "The miller ground the wheat into flour"
     
  2. Machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it
    "The machinist used the miller to create precise grooves in the metal part";
    - milling machine
     
  3. Any of various moths that have powdery wings
    "The moth miller's dusty wings can leave a powdery residue when touched";
    - moth miller
Noun: Miller  mi-lu(r)
  1. United States playwright (1915-2005)
    - Arthur Miller
     
  2. United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)
    - Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller
     
  3. United States bandleader of a popular big band (1904-1944)
    - Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller

Derived forms: millers, Millers

Type of: artificer, artisan, author, bandleader, craftsperson, dramatist, moth, playwright, shaper, shaping machine, writer

Encyclopedia: Miller, Mayo & Beal