'Millstone' definitions:
Definition of 'millstone'
(from WordNet)
noun
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross, millstone]
noun
Any load that is difficult to carry
noun
One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
Definition of 'Millstone'
From: GCIDE
- Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster]
- No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects. [1913 Webster]
- Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
- To see into a millstone or To see through a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.) [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'millstone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bale,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- cheese grater,
- comminutor,
- crusher,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- drag,
- duty,
- encumbrance,
- freight,
- granulator,
- grater,
- grinder,
- handicap,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- kominuter,
- lading,
- levigator,
- load,
- loading,
- masher,
- mill,
- mortar and pestle,
- nutmeg grater,
- onus,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- pestle,
- pressure,
- pulverizer,
- quern,
- quernstone,
- rock crusher,
- roller,
- saddling,
- shredder,
- steamroller,
- superincumbency,
- surcharge,
- task,
- tax,
- taxing,
- triturator,
- weight
Millstone, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Millstone, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
Population (2000) :
410
Housing Units (2000) :
173
Land area (2000) :
0.749397 sq. miles (1.940929 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.749397 sq. miles (1.940929 sq. km)
FIPS code :
46590
Located within :
New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location :
40.499453 N, 74.590875 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.