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Millstone Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Millstone? [n] one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain [n] any load that is difficult to carry [n] (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Millstone: albatross Related Terms \| Find terms related to Millstone: bale \| burden \| burdening \| burthen \| cargo \| charge \| charging \| cheese grater \| comminutor \| crusher \| cumber \| cumbrance \| deadweight \| drag \| duty \| encumbrance \| freight \| granulator \| grater \| grinder \| handicap \| incubus \| incumbency \| kominuter \| lading \| levigator \| load \| loading \| masher \| mill \| mortar and pestle \| nutmeg grater \| onus \| oppression \| overload \| overtaxing \| overweighting \| pestle \| pressure \| pulverizer \| quern \| quernstone \| rock crusher \| roller \| saddling \| shredder \| steamroller \| superincumbency \| surcharge \| task \| tax \| taxing \| triturator \| weight See Also \| balk \| baulk \| burden \| check \| deterrent \| gristmill \| handicap \| hindrance \| impediment \| load \| loading \| stone Millstone In Webster's Dictionary \Mill"stone`\, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects. {Millstone girt} (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See {Farewell rock}, under {Farewell}, a., and Chart of {Geology}. {To see} {into, or through, {a millstone}, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)

Millstone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Millstone?

[n] one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
[n] any load that is difficult to carry
[n] (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Millstone: albatross

Millstone In Webster's Dictionary

\Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance.

      No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
      pledge.                                  --Deut. xxiv.
                                               6.

Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
      employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
      that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
      texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
      series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
      collects.

{Millstone girt} (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
   sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
   Subcarboniferous strata. See {Farewell rock}, under
   {Farewell}, a., and Chart of {Geology}.

{To see} {into, or through, {a millstone}, to see into or
   through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)

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