grist
Grain for grinding
Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff and is ready to be ground into flour.
The word survives almost entirely in the phrase grist for the mill—material that can be processed or put to use: Every complaint became grist for her next novel.
Anything that feeds a process or serves a purpose is grist.
Physical matter; pertinent
- fodderCoarse livestock nourishment
- fuelEnergy source material
- contentWhat something contains
- subjectMatter under discussion
matter · ammunition · input · raw material · source · substance · useful · mill
material
Physical matter; pertinent
subject · matter · ammunition · input · raw material · source · substance · useful · mill · resourceful
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
corn · millet · sorghum · spelt · cereal · kernel · seed · harvest · crop · chaff
millstone
Grain-crushing circular stone
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
- grindstoneRotating stone for sharpening
hopper · bolter · sieve · flour · meal · grits · grinding · crush · pulverize · powder
- brewingwort, mash, brewery, hops, malt
- beer ingredientsmalt, hops, yeast, water, grains
- mill termsflour, wheat, grain, corn, barley
- textile measuresyard, yardage, bolt, skein, hank
- WhiskyMacallan, Scotch, bourbon, Glenlivet, Highland Park
- distillingdistillation, distillery, distiller, pot still, distilleries
gristflour
Milled grain powder
meal · finished product · end product · refined grain · output
- grist for the millUseful raw material
- daily grindWearisome regular routine
- meat grinderAppliance for pulverizing flesh
- grind to a haltGradually cease all motion
- coffee grinderDevice that pulverizes roasted beans
- grind outProduce with sustained effort
grind, grinder, gristle, gristly, gristmill, gristles, gristliness