millstones
Heavy circular crushers
Millstones are the heavy circular stones used in a mill to grind grain into flour.
One stone rotates against another, crushing whatever passes between them.
The word appears most often in the biblical phrase a millstone around one's neck—a burden so heavy it would drown you if thrown into the sea.
Manual grain grinder
- gristmillBuilding for grinding grain
- pestleBowl's crushing companion
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- flourMilled grain powder
meal · grain · wheat · corn · barley · rye · oats · pulverize
Gathering mature crops
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- flourMilled grain powder
chaff · husk · crop · gristmill · silo · husbandry · farmstead · granary
Long-winged oceanic bird
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
- hindranceBarrier to progress
handicap · liability · obstacle · impediment · onus · cross · chains · shackles
Awkwardly heavy or slow
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- heftyConsiderable in weight
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
- denseClosely packed together
solid · bulky · unwieldy · weighty · immovable · lumbering · burdensome · leaden
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- grindCrush into particles
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- tediumWearisome dullness
slog · weariness · routine · plodding · ceaseless · repetitive · unrelenting · backbreaking
quern
Manual grain grinder
flour · meal · grain · wheat · corn · barley · rye · oats · pulverize · crush
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
flour · chaff · husk · crop · gristmill · silo · husbandry · farmstead · granary · cereal
albatross
Long-winged oceanic bird
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
hindrance · handicap · liability · obstacle · impediment · onus · cross · chains · shackles · drag
ponderous
Awkwardly heavy or slow
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- heftyConsiderable in weight
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
dense · solid · bulky · unwieldy · weighty · immovable · lumbering · burdensome · leaden · crushing
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
tedium · slog · weariness · routine · plodding · ceaseless · repetitive · unrelenting · backbreaking · thankless
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- stone thingsgranite, marble, limestone, sandstone, obsidian
- windmillsblades, Dutch windmills, rotor, sails, traditional windmills
- farm heritagefarmstead, barns, farm tools, farmhouses, barn dance
- flour millingflour, grinding, flour mills, wheat flour, grain mills
- stone industryquarry, quarries, quarrying, slabs, slab