millstone
A large round stone used for grinding grainA large round stone used for grinding grain.
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Значение
значений: 2A large round stone used for grinding grain.
Mühlstein
жёрновžórnov
жо́рноžórno
A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
- one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
- any load that is difficult to carry
- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
Примеры
предложений: 6What a millstone!
Вот это каменюга!
Between the upper and nether millstone.
The millstone turned with a creak.
The millstone's grooves wore down with use.
Slowly grind the millstones of the gods.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from PFrom 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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Формы
мн. число: millstonesСинонимы
синонимов: 1- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps:albatross