Definition of "millstones" [millstones]

• Plural form of millstone. (noun)

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• "At that time, corn was ground between two large stones called millstones, which was hard work."
• "There were ten full, and under the millstones was a great bin holding, I should say, half as much more."
• "We were always made to feel as if we had ruined our parents 'lives by being born, that we were in the way, that we were "millstones" around their necks keeping them from the freedom to do whatever they wanted."