millstone
(noun)
noun
1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
Similar word(s): albatross
Definition categories: thought, balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
2. any load that is difficult to carry
Definition categories: man–made, burden, load, loading
3. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
Definition categories: man–made, stone
Sentences with millstone as a noun:
- Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.