millstone

Converse of object

• become: Sadly, what were great economic strengths, have, to an extent, become proverbial millstones around the ' regional neck ' .
• drive: A horse would have been used to walk around the mill to drive the millstone to crush the apples.
• have: I mean, why did this woman have a millstone with her anyway?
• use: The River Garnock flows over a 6 meter water wheel that drives a millstone once used to produce flour.
• turn: These harnessed the power of water or wind to turn the millstones.
• take: No more will you be called tender or delicate. { 2 } Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil.

Preposition: around

neck: Sometimes the character became a millstone around the neck of the author.

Adjective modifier

• upper: The shaft bearing on this metal lever supports the upper millstone.
• large: A large millstone was also sited in the garden, which was otherwise all grass.
• great: What will this mean for us if we are to escape from past sin that hangs around our necks like a great millstone?
• nether: People nowadays often mistake ringing stones for granite nether millstones, which at a glance look quite similar.
• French: Here you will find the four pairs of 4ft diameter French millstones.
• financial: We recognize that young graduates should not start their careers with a financial millstone round their necks.

Modifies a noun

• grit: A few stones of the ordinary millstone grit seem to be rubbing stones or whet stones.
• round: The innate conservatism of the building industry and its consumers is, frankly, a millstone round all our necks.
• quarry: The gardens are sited on the remains of a medieval millstone quarry and cover an area of approximately four acres.
• feature: Back to Basics Water Feature Carolyn was in the low maintenance garden checking on the condition of our old millstone water feature.
• water: Back to Basics Water Feature Carolyn was in the low maintenance garden checking on the condition of our old millstone water feature.

Noun used with modifier

• granite: Who sailed across the Celtic Sea on a granite millstone in the 5th Century, well at least that is how legend tells it.
• stone: I also used to grind the wheat with the stone millstone a big stone millstone when I was just 12.