Grindingstone vs Millstone - What's the difference?
grindingstone | millstone |
A large round stone used for grinding grain.
(geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit
(figurative) A heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.
grindingstone
Not English
Grindingstone has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'grindingstone':
grandiloquence, granodiorite, groundstroke, gerontophile, grammaticalize, grammaticalise, guaranteeable, grandidierite, grandreefite, grammaticizemillstone
English
(wikipedia millstone)Noun
(en noun)- Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks .