millstone

millstone
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. burden, deadweight; handicap. See hindrance.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A grinder]
Syn. stone, chopper, mill; see grinder 1 , tool 1 .
2. [A burden]
Syn. impediment, load, albatross, responsibility; see difficulty 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
burden, weight, load, cross, affliction, encumbrance, albatross.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship: burden1, onus, tax, weight. Informal: headache. See HEAVY, OVER.

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  • Millstone, NJ — U.S. borough in New Jersey Population (2000): 410 Housing Units (2000): 173 Land area (2000): 0.749397 sq. miles (1.940929 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.749397 sq. miles (1.940929 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • millstone — (n.) O.E. mylenstan, from MILL (Cf. mill) (n.1) + STONE (Cf. stone) (n.). Figurative sense of a burden (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6 …   Etymology dictionary

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