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millstone (noun)

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  • millstone — ► NOUN 1) each of a pair of circular stones used for grinding grain. 2) a burden of responsibility …   English terms dictionary

  • millstone — noun (C) 1 one of the two large circular stones that crush grain into flour in a mill 1 (1) 2 a millstone around your neck something that causes you a lot of problems and prevents you from doing what you would like to do: His fame, so pleasant at …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • millstone — noun a lifetime of lying and stealing had become the very millstone that would crush him Syn: burden, encumbrance, dead weight, cross to bear, albatross, load; duty, responsibility, obligation, liability, misfortune …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • millstone grit — noun 1. A hard, gritty sandstone suitable for millstones 2. (with cap) a series of grits, sandstones, shales, underlying the British Coal Measures • • • Main Entry: ↑mill …   Useful english dictionary

  • millstone — noun Date: before 12th century 1. either of two circular stones used for grinding (as grain) 2. a. something that grinds or crushes b. a heavy burden …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • millstone — noun A large round stone used for grinding grain …   Wiktionary

  • millstone grit — noun a coarse sandstone of the British Carboniferous, occurring immediately below the coal measures …   English new terms dictionary

  • millstone — noun 1》 each of two circular stones used for grinding grain. 2》 a burden of responsibility …   English new terms dictionary

  • millstone bridge — noun : millrind …   Useful english dictionary

  • millstone — UK [ˈmɪlˌstəʊn] / US [ˈmɪlˌstoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms millstone : singular millstone plural millstones 1) a problem or responsibility that prevents you from making progress or doing what you want to do a millstone around someone s neck:… …   English dictionary

  • millstone — mill|stone [ mıl,stoun ] noun count 1. ) a problem or responsibility that prevents you from making progress or doing what you want to do: a millstone around someone s neck: The job had been a millstone around her neck. 2. ) one of two large heavy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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