Quern
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kwɝn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quern is a noun meaning A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
Meaning
A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To grind; to use a quern.
Example Sentences
Beyond this now lay only chaos and a querning sea. Time's millstones, grinding bones for bread.
Not surprisingly, different cultures discovered the suitability of various rock types for manufacturing querns and millstones.
He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers.
She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table.
Word Forms
- querns
- querning
- querned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beehive, kern, cornmill, millstone, mill, buhrmill.
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