Millstone synonyms

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weight
A system of such measures, such as avoirdupois weight or troy weight.
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responsibility
(Military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
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impediment
A physical defect, especially one that interferes with speech.
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stone
A piece of rock shaped or finished for some purpose
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chopper
A crudely flaked, unifacial core tool , especially one associated with the Oldowan stone culture of the early Paleolithic Period.
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mill
(Mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
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grinder (related)
Any of various machines for crushing or sharpening
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tool (related)
The whole machine; machine tool
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difficulty (related)
The definition of a difficulty refers to something that hinders you or causes you to have to face challenges, or the state or condition of being challenged or having a hard time.
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affliction
A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:
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burden
Anything one has to bear or put up with; heavy load, as of work, duty, responsibility, or sorrow
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tax
A compulsory payment, usually a percentage, levied on income, property value, sales price, etc. for the support of a government
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headache
(Informal) A cause of worry, annoyance, or trouble
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heavy (related)
(Slang) One that is very important or influential:
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albatross
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
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load
(Engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
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Kinderscout (related)
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over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
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whinstone (related)
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quartzite (related)
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gritstone (related)
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grits (related)
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  • There are quarries of millstone in the vicinity.

  • Here, while storming the citadel, he was struck on the head by a fragment of a millstone thrown from the wall by a woman.

  • Next in upward sequence is a thick mass of sandstones, grits and shales - the Millstone Grit series.

  • Good sandstone is obtained from the Millstone Grit at Stancliffe, Tansley and Whatstandwell.

  • A small patch of Millstone Grit and Limestone occurs in the south of the county about Melbourne and Ticknall.

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