millstone
Senso (Inglese)
- A large round stone used for grinding grain.
- A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively) Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck, a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible).
sinonimi
sharpening stone
stone mortar
rotten-stone
rubberstone
millstone grit
rub stone
Traduzioni
Mühlstein
meule
muela
mó
mola
molensteen
μυλόπετρα
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈmɪlstəʊn/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu + *stain; equivalent to mill + stone; cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinstēn (Middle Low German mȫlenstēn), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).
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