Millstone

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A large round stone used for grinding grain.

   “We can tell what Australopithecines ate from the remains of their jaws and teeth. The earliest finds show teeth which are large and round like millstones – acting as grinding and pulverizing machines for fibrous vegetation.”

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

   “Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.”

4. özel isim A nuclear power station near Waterford, Connecticut, USA.
5. özel isim An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
6. özel isim A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
7. özel isim A borough in Somerset County, New Jersey.
8. özel isim A tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey; in full, the Millstone River.