millstone

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

1. A large round stone used for grinding grain.
2. A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
3. Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.

Sinonimai

grindstone

grinding stone

load

metate

quernstone

albatross

hone

impediment

mill

roller

runner

🏃

sharpening stone

stone

🪨

stone mortar

buhrstone

burrstone

responsibility

rotten-stone

rubberstone

millstone grit

rub stone

baggage

ballast

burden

difficulty

grinder

Brūkšnelis kaip

mill‧stone

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈmɪlstəʊn/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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).