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gristmill

[ grist-mil ]

noun

  1. a mill for grinding grain, especially the customer's own grain.


gristmill

/ ˈɡrɪstˌmɪl /

noun

  1. a mill, esp one equipped with large grinding stones for grinding grain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • gristmiller noun
  • gristmilling noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gristmill1

First recorded in 1595–1605; grist + mill 1
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Example Sentences

Fringing the townlet, new gristmill and new factory stood where the mother ditch was bridged.

My mother began to improve, and at the same time my father was offered a good position as superintendent of a gristmill.

The sawmill and gristmill proved profitable, all my houses were tenanted, and I erected more, securing also additional land.

I do not know where the men bathed, but our part of the river was just above Bonderoff's gristmill.

Every part of the shop was filled, as the boys set the grindstone, the lathe, and the gristmill into motion.

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