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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps;
- Example: "she was an albatross around his neck"
[syn: albatross, millstone]

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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

millstone n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross, millstone] 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "millstone": 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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

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 ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Millstone, NJ Millstone