a millstone
61millstone — noun A large round stone used for grinding grain …
62millstone — Synonyms and related words: bale, burden, burdening, burthen, cargo, charge, charging, cheese grater, comminutor, crusher, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, drag, duty, encumbrance, freight, granulator, grater, grinder, handicap, incubus, incumbency …
63millstone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burden, deadweight; handicap. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A grinder] Syn. stone, chopper, mill; see grinder 1 , tool 1 . 2. [A burden] Syn. impediment, load, albatross, responsibility; see… …
64millstone — sb. Fragm. Sci. 185 …
65millstone — mɪlstəʊn n. either of a pair of heavy circular stones between which a grainy substance is ground, grindstone; emotional weight, burden …
66millstone round his neck — heavy burden, great worry, burdensome responsibility …
67millstone round one's neck — n. problem that is preventing someone from making progress, stumbling block …
68millstone grit — noun a coarse sandstone of the British Carboniferous, occurring immediately below the coal measures …
69millstone — noun 1》 each of two circular stones used for grinding grain. 2》 a burden of responsibility …
70millstone — n 1. grindstone, muller; mill, quern, grinder, mortar and pestle, crusher, chopper, grater. 2. load, burden, tax, Archaic. fardel, weight, dead weight, onus; duty, obligation, responsibility, charge, task; affliction, trouble, misfortune, cross …