Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gristmill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: grist-mill
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: flourmill, feed mill"
"Next day after school, I drove over to the town hall and found out where Hay was building their dinky little shoebox of a house. It was out in the sticks, out past the old gristmill. I drove out there around dusk. The place was framed; the chimney was up. Overhead was a pockmarked moon."

Etymology

From grist + mill.

Inflected Forms

gristmills (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grist gristmiller gristmilling miller millstone grist mill

Synonyms

flourmill feed mill

Rhymes With

will with a will still until bill kill we'll hill till ill fill brazil

Questions

What does gristmill mean?: A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).
Where does gristmill come from?: From grist + mill.

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