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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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

{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.)
[1913 Webster]

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
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  • 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
  • What is a millstone in the Bible? - GotQuestions. org
    A millstone was both extremely hard and exceedingly heavy, and it provided a vivid illustration for anyone who had experience with millstones In the book of Job, God mentions the millstone in His description of a beast called Leviathan





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