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Definition of Millstone

1. Noun. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps. "She was an albatross around his neck"

2. Noun. Any load that is difficult to carry.

3. Noun. One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.

Definition of Millstone

1. n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Definition of Millstone

1. Noun. A large round stone used for grinding grain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Millstone

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Medical Definition of Millstone

1. 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) 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, a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under Farewell, and Chart of Geology. To see into, or through, a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millstone

milliwatts milliweber milliwebers millosevichite millosevichites millpond millponds millrace millraces millrind

millrinds millrun millruns mills around mills of the gods grind slowly millstone (current term) millstones millstream millstreams milltail

milltails millwheel millwheels millwork millworker millworkers millworks millwright millwrights milnacipran

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