Gristmill

Quick meaning: Gristmill is a noun meaning A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).

Meaning

A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: flourmill, feed mill

Next day after school, I drove over to the town hall and found out where Hay was building their dinky little shoebox of a house. It was out in the sticks, out past the old gristmill. I drove out there around dusk. The place was framed; the chimney was up. Overhead was a pockmarked moon.

Word Forms

• gristmills

Synonyms for gristmill

Depending on context, synonyms include flourmill.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flourmill, grindery, cornmill, mill, handmill, millstone.

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