millstones in English

noun

1

each of two circular stones used for grinding grain.

On a more secular level, stone was used for a number of purposes, the most widespread being the manufacture of quern stones and millstones in water-mills.

2

a heavy and inescapable responsibility.

she threatened to become a millstone around his neck

synonyms: burden, encumbrance, dead weight, cross to bear, albatross, load, duty, responsibility, obligation, liability, misfortune

noun

• burden, encumbrance, dead weight, cross to bear, albatross, load, duty, responsibility, obligation, liability, misfortune
• albatross

Use "millstones" in a sentence

1. But the dead men, sir, hang about your neck like millstones.'

2. Buhrstone definition is - a siliceous rock used as a material for millstones.

3. Flowing water was not the only source of natural energy used to power millstones.

4. Burrstone ( countable and uncountable, plural Burrstones ) A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones

5. Buhrstone, bur(r)stone, millstone, burr [A siliceous rock suitable for use as millstones, e.g

6. 16 Now the speculators have hit hard times and are desperately trying to off-load the cars which have become millstones around their necks.

7. In Europe and North America, millstones were in use until well into the 20th century, and still are in many parts of the world.

8. (Jeremiah 25:10) Larger millstones turned by animals also came into use when the job was done by a miller rather than the housewife. —Matthew 18:6.

9. Millstone grit, a distinctive coarse-grained rock used to make millstones, is widespread in the Pennines, and the variety of other rock types is reflected in the architecture of the region, such as the bright red sandstone seen in buildings in Chester, the cream-buff Yorkstone and the distinctive purple Doddington sandstone.