Associations to the word «Millstone»

Wiktionary

MILLSTONE, noun. A large round stone used for grinding grain.
MILLSTONE, noun. (geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit
MILLSTONE, noun. (figurative) A heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca