What a millstone!
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Millstone
//ˈmɪlstəʊn//
Synonyms for "millstone" (60 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Related word relations
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12 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
95 translations across 62 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μύλος noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Arabic
1 entries- رَحًى noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Armenian
2 entries- երկանաքար noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- ջրաղացաքար noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Basque
1 entries- errotarri noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Belarusian
3 entries- жаро́н noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- жо́ран noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- жо́рны noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Bulgarian
4 entries- водени́чен ка́мък noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- же́рка noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- кварци́тен пя́съчник noun (coarse-grained sandstone)
- те́жък това́р noun (heavy responsibility)
Catalan
1 entries- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بەرداش noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 石磨 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- 磨石 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Church Slavic
1 entries- жрьнꙑ noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Czech
3 entries- hrubozrnný pískovec noun (coarse-grained sandstone)
- mlýnský kámen noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- mlýnský kámen na krku noun (heavy responsibility)
Dalmatian
1 entries- mucna noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Danish
3 entries- klods om benet noun (heavy responsibility)
- møllesten noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- møllesten om halsen noun (heavy responsibility)
Dutch
2 entries- molensteen noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- molensteen noun (heavy responsibility)
Esperanto
1 entries- muelŝtono noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Estonian
1 entries- veskikivi noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Finnish
4 entries- myllynkivi noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- myllynkivi noun (heavy responsibility)
- riippa noun (heavy responsibility)
- riippakivi noun (heavy responsibility)
French
2 entries- meule noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- meulière noun (coarse-grained sandstone)
Friulian
1 entries- muele noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Galician
1 entries- moa noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Georgian
2 entries- დოლაბი noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- წისქვილის ქვა noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
German
2 entries- Klotz am Bein noun (heavy responsibility)
- Mühlstein noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Greek
1 entries- μυλόπετρα noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Hebrew
1 entries- רחיים \ רֵחַיִם noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Hungarian
1 entries- malomkő noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Icelandic
2 entries- kvarnarsteinn noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- myllusteinn noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Interlingua
1 entries- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Italian
2 entries- macina noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Japanese
2 entries- ひき臼 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- 碾き臼 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Khmer
1 entries- ថ្មត្បាល់ noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Korean
1 entries- 맷돌 noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Latin
1 entries- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Latvian
1 entries- dzirnakmens noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Lithuanian
1 entries- girnos noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Macedonian
3 entries- ме́лник noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- о́кно noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- те́жок то́вар noun (heavy responsibility)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- beraş noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kvernstein noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- møllestein noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kvernstein noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- møllestein noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Occitan
1 entries- mòla noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- жрьновъ noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دكرمن طاشی noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- رحی noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Persian
1 entries- آس noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Polish
1 entries- kamień młyński noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Portuguese
1 entries- mó noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Romanian
1 entries- piatră de moară noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Russian
1 entries- жёрнов noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Sardinian
3 entries- moa noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- mora noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- žrvanj noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- жрвањ noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Sicilian
1 entries- mola noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Slovak
2 entries- mlynský kameň noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- žarnov noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Slovene
1 entries- mlinski kamen noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Southern Altai
1 entries- теерменниҥ тажы noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Spanish
1 entries- muela noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Swedish
2 entries- kvarnsten noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- kvarnsten noun (heavy responsibility)
Tagalog
2 entries- batong-gilingan noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
- gilingang bato noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Thai
1 entries- โม่ noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Turkish
1 entries- değirmen taşı noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жо́рно noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Venetan
1 entries- moła noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đá cối noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Volapük
1 entries- mülaston noun (large round stone used for grinding grain)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Between the upper and nether millstone.
Source: tatoeba (3053599)
The heavy millstone ground grain.
Source: tatoeba (12079189)
The millstone turned with a creak.
Source: tatoeba (12079190)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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