📖 Definitions of "Millstone"
noun
- 1
A large round stone used for grinding grain.
- 2
A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
- 3
Often in a millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.
"Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks."
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| Word | Definition |
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| albatrossnoun | Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| albatrossnoun | Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. |
| gritnoun | (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude. |
| stonenoun | (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material. |
| loadingnoun | (countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded. |
| weightnoun | The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. |
| nethernoun | (UK dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence. |
| loadnoun | A burden; a weight to be carried. |
| burdennoun | A heavy load. |
| pesonoun | The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines. |
| uploadnoun | Such a file transfer. |
| burr millstonenoun | burrstone |
| millnoun | A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.) |
| millrindnoun | An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones. |
| quernnoun | A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones. |
| runnernoun | Agent noun of run; one who runs. |
| cornmillnoun | A mill where corn is ground. |
| molinenoun | The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. |
| grindstonenoun | An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding. |
| flourmillnoun | Any gristmill. |
| quantnoun | (uncountable) Quantitative analysis or research. |
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