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millstone    音標拼音: [m'ɪlst,on]
n. 磨石;重擔,負擔

磨石;重擔,負擔

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
    In common language, "millstone" refers to any type of rock that may have been used in a mill, whereas in the geological sense, true "millstone" is defined as a siliceous accident in a sedimentary basin
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  • 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 of the stationary millstone
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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 | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    ˈmɪlˌstoʊn Add to word list one of a pair of large, circular, flat stones used, esp in the past, to crush grain into flour (Definition of millstone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
  • Millstones and their function
    Millstones have been fundamental tools in the process of grinding grain into flour since ancient times These stones have been pivotal in the development of agricultural societies by making it possible to process cereals into food products that have long shelf lives, like flour
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    Millstone Coffee was a brand of coffee sold in the US, a division of The J M Smucker Company The company sold whole bean and ground coffee in retail settings and on its website The company was founded in Everett, Washington, in 1981





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