Meaning
mill, windmill
- a building containing machinery for grinding grain into flour
- a machine designed to grind or crush solid materials
In a sentence
Durante la gita in campagna abbiamo visitato un vecchio mulino ad acqua.
During the trip to the countryside, we visited an old watermill.
I mulini a vento caratterizzano il paesaggio rurale di quella regione.
Windmills characterize the rural landscape of that region.
Quella discussione serve solo a portare acqua al suo mulino.
That discussion only serves to further his own interests.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mulino | masculine · singular |
| mulini | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- The idiom 'portare acqua al proprio mulino' means to direct arguments or advantages in one's own favour.