millstone

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlstəʊn/

The English word “millstone” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A large round stone used for grinding grain.
A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.

Etymology

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…

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