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millstone    音标拼音: [m'ɪlst,on]
n. 磨石;重担,负担

磨石;重担,负担

millstone
n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was
an albatross around his neck" [synonym: {albatross},
{millstone}]
2: any load that is difficult to carry
3: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are
rotated against one another to grind the grain

Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance in a mill[1].
[1913 Webster]

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
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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.
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{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 a millstone} or {To see through a millstone}, to
see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "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


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  • Millstone - Wikipedia
    Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, used for triturating, crushing or, more specifically, grinding wheat or other grains They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding stones
  • All About Millstones
    For over 10,000 years, people across the world have been cutting and shaping pieces of stone into milling stones to grind wheat into flour From the earliest times, small portable hand-milling stones called 'Querns' were used; then later, massive 'Millstones' were cut for use in powered flour mills Read more about Querns
  • MILLSTONE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of MILLSTONE is either of two circular stones used for grinding something (such as grain) How to use millstone in a sentence
  • Millstone | Grain Grinding, Stone Milling Flour Production | Britannica
    Millstone, one of a pair of flat, round stones used for grinding grain One millstone is stationary; the other rotates above it in a horizontal plane Grain is poured through a hole in the centre of the rotating millstone, flowing into shallow grooves, called channels, which radiate from the centre
  • Millstone - Guide to Value, Marks, History - WorthPoint
    Find the Value of your Millstone WorthPoint is the largest resource online for identifying, researching and valuing antiques Explore over 425 Million “sold for” prices with item details and images
  • MILLSTONE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    MILLSTONE definition: either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill See examples of millstone used in a sentence
  • Medieval Technology and American History - Projects - How Millstones Grind
    Students will create a model that demonstrates how stones grind Students will compare millstone patterns to identify how the grain is turned into flour as it runs from the central hopper to the perimeter
  • Millstone - definition of millstone by The Free Dictionary
    mill•stone (ˈmɪlˌstoʊn) n 1 either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill 2 anything that grinds or crushes 3 any heavy mental or emotional burden: a millstone around one's neck
  • millstone - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Common quarrymen, farmers, and foreign geologists, apply the names, greywracke and millstone, to all these rocks promiscuously; neither having observed their different relative positions
  • MILLSTONE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    any heavy mental or emotional burden (often used in the phrase a millstone around one's neck)





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