cotton mill

English

Noun

cotton mill (plural cotton mills)

1. A building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from raw cotton.
   • 2019 October 23, Andy Coward, “New acclaim for Oldham Loop”, in Rail, page 58:

     Oldham is a typical Lancashire former mill town, with the town and its surrounding area once dominated by the cotton manufacturing industry. A number of the large cotton mills still stand in the area, although most are now either in use for other purposes, or stand empty and derelict.

Translations

building housing spinning or weaving machinery

• Czech: přádelna f
• Esperanto: kotonfabriko
• Icelandic: baðmullarverksmiðja f
• Polish: przędzalnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: moinho de algodão m
• Spanish: molino de algodón m