rolling mill
noun
1.
a mill where ingots, slabs, sheets, etc., of usually hot metal are passed between rolls to give them a certain thickness or cross-sectional form.
2.
a machine or set of rollers for rolling out or shaping metal.
Origin
1780-90,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
rolling mill
Merchant bars could be made into flat bars by using the
rolling mill
machinery.
Iron from this furnace was used in the manufacture of car wheels and for foundry
rolling mill
purposes.
The semi-finished products go to the hot
rolling mill
where the size is reduced.
British Dictionary definitions for
rolling mill
rolling mill
noun
1.
a mill or factory where ingots of heated metal are passed between rollers to produce sheets or bars of a required cross section and form
2.
a machine having rollers that may be shaped to reduce ingots, etc, to a required cross section and form