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Recent Examples of millstone
Early residents pried it out with wedges to make millstones.
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Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The miller would have poured grain into a hopper, which would funnel the grain between millstones, slowly crushing it into flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
One of them is recorded in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086, and pieces of a Roman millstone have recently been found in the bed of the millstream.
—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
The gap between the two millstones could be adjusted, allowing the miller to make fine or more coarse flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
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Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The miller would have poured grain into a hopper, which would funnel the grain between millstones, slowly crushing it into flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
One of them is recorded in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086, and pieces of a Roman millstone have recently been found in the bed of the millstream.
—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
The gap between the two millstones could be adjusted, allowing the miller to make fine or more coarse flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for millstone
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“Millstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstone. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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