Grist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Grain or a quantity of grain for grinding.
  • n. Ground grain.
  • idiom. (one's) Something that can be used to advantage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. grain that is to be ground in a mill
  • n. a group of bees
  • n. supply; provision
  • n. A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.
  • n. Supply; provision.
  • n. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 1. A grinding: in the quotation used of the gnashing of the teeth.
  • n. That which is ground; corn to be ground; grain carried to the mill to be ground separately for its owner.
  • n. The amount ground at one time; the grain carried to the mill for grinding at one time.
  • n. Hence Material for an occasion; a supply or provision.
  • n. Material for one brewing. See the extract.
  • n. A given size of rope or yarn, as determined by the amount of material. The common grist of rope is a circumference of 3 inches, with 20 yarns in each of the 3 strands.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. grain intended to be or that has been ground
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    food grain    grain    cereal   
    Cross Reference
    to bring grist to the mill   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    supply    provision    grain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Liszt    assist    cist    coexist    consist   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sorghum    purslain    groundwood    water-powered    2.0-liter   
     
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