Millstone

What do we mean by millstone?

One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain. noun

A source of worry or distress. noun

An obstacle to success. synonym: burden. noun

One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain. noun

One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill{1}. noun

A hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology. noun

To see into or through a difficult matter. noun

A large round stone used for grinding grain. noun

A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit noun

Any load that is difficult to carry noun

(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps noun

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

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.

Often in a millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.

Words that are spelled similarly to millstone:
millstone, milestone, mill stone, gallstone, oilstone, siltstone, bilestone, tilestone, marlstone, millstones, malmstone, mile stone, milk stone, wellstone.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word millstone:
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Words that rhyme with millstone:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, throne, backbone, telephone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone, cortisone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe millstone:
nether, upper, great, lower, old, heavy, large, huge, broken, big, financial, applecross, round, veritable, swift, mighty, enormous, damnedest, siliceous, flat, proverbial, giant, eternal, golden, gigantic, terrible, permanent, revolving, top, horizontal, fatal, stationary, bloody, heaviest, monstrous, corporate, holy, burr, circular, magic, ponderous, biggest, rough, cylindrical, metaphysical, awful, electoral, apocalyptic, biblical, celebrated, octagonal, sized, bottom, slavic, impossible, mundane, shavian, rotary, world, lasting, norse, unfinished.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective millstone:
grit, series, biter.

Consonant match to millstone:
milestone, milstein, mile stone, millstein.

Words that sound like millstone:
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