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Millstone Common

Millstone has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

"she was an albatross around his neck"

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

4

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

Proper Noun
1

A nuclear power station near Waterford, Connecticut, USA.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hindrance load stone

Origin

The word "millstone" comes from Middle English and Old English, originally combining the words for "mill" and "stone." It is related to similar terms in various Germanic languages like Danish, Dutch, and German.

Rhyming Words
one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone
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