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[mil-stohn] Pronunciation Key
[mil-stohn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill. |
| 2. | anything that grinds or crushes. |
| 3. | any heavy mental or emotional burden (often used in the phrase a millstone around one's neck). |
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| mill·stone
(mĭl'stōn') Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| millstone | |
noun | |
| 1. | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross] |
| 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 |
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Millstone, KY Zip code(s): 41838
Millstone, WV Zip code(s): 25261
Millstone, NJ (borough, FIPS 46590) Location: 40.49935 N, 74.59127 W
Population (1990): 450 (172 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Millstone
Mill"stone`\, n. 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. 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. 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, or through, {a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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