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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
    The basic anatomy of a millstone This is a runner stone; a bedstone would not have the "Spanish Cross" into which the supporting millrind fits 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 Millstones come in pairs: a stationary
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    The meaning of MILLSTONE is either of two circular stones used for grinding something (such as grain) How to use millstone in a sentence
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    Millstone - Identification Value A millstone is a circular disk with a hole in the middle M illstones were used in pairs The lower stationary millstone is known as bed stone; the upper rotatory stone is called runner stone The heavyweight of the stones constantly repeated rotations, and carved ridges in the stones ground the grains
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