Quern

/kwɝn/

Synonyms for "quern" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
archaeological milling stone

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
grinding stonehand mill

Related words (8)

Noun(2 words)
milling stonemillstones

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More general

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artifactdevicegrinderhand toolmillmilling machinerytool

More specific

2 entries
rotary quernsaddle quern

Collocations

6 entries
ancient querngrinding stonehand quernquern stonerotary quernsaddle quern

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table.

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MacKie has noted that querns that were in use in Scotland up to the present day were about 450mm—600mm in diameter and that the lower stone was completely perforated to make it adjustable (MacKie 1987, 5).

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Not surprisingly, different cultures discovered the suitability of various rock types for manufacturing querns and millstones.

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He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers.

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