Defenition of the word millstone

• Defenition of the word millstone

  • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"
  • one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
  • something difficult to carry
  • any load that is difficult to carry
  • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

Synonyms for the word millstone

• • albatross
  • burden
  • dead weight
  • load
  • weight

Similar words in the millstone

• • millstone
  • millstone's
  • millstones

Meronymys for the word millstone

• • gristmill

Hypernyms for the word millstone

• • balk
  • baulk
  • burden
  • check
  • deterrent
  • handicap
  • hinderance
  • hindrance
  • impediment
  • instrumentality
  • instrumentation
  • load
  • loading
  • stone

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