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Definition of millstone : One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Synonyms:

predicament, thresh, inconvenience, barrier, malt, mollymawk, problem, stoneground, burden, stone, responsibility, heavy, husk, tool, mill wheel, drag, difficulty, impediment, weight, headache, albatross, obstacle, brake, load, thrash, over, grinder, complication, tax, onus, mill, miller, embarrassment

Usage examples:

• If I had twenty, or a hundred thousand pounds, not one farthing would I give to the redeeming of that fatal millstone, which cannot be raised, but will infallibly drag everything tied to it down to the level of its own destruction. - "Records of a Girlhood", Frances Ann Kemble.
• To the upper one was a lever by which the dog with his nose turned the top millstone as if grinding flour. - "The Chinese Boy and Girl", Isaac Taylor Headland.
• Now, he suddenly felt old, all the buoyancy had gone out of his life, and he was left worn and weary, with a millstone of shattered illusions hung around his neck. - "The Tangled Skein", Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy.