English to afrikaans meaning of

millstone

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "meulsteen" is 'n groot, sirkelvormige klip wat gebruik word vir die maal van graan of ander materiaal in 'n meul. Meulstene is tradisioneel aangedryf deur diere, water of wind, en hulle is gebruik om meel, meel of ander grondprodukte te produseer. In figuurlike sin kan die term "meulsteen" ook verwys na 'n swaar las of verantwoordelikheid wat moeilik is om te dra of te oorkom.

Sentence Examples

  1. This case was a millstone but, beyond that, what was happening to me?
  2. Once I saw the flames rise, I threw a handful of barley onto the lower millstone and dragged the smaller upper stone back and forth over the grain with as much energy as I could muster.
  3. The ruined millstone tower at the far end of the monastery had, over centuries of erosion, peeled in half like a thunderstruck tree.
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