SINCE 1828
gristmill
noun
grist·mill
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Definition of gristmill
: a mill for grinding grain
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Rooms in the Lakeside, Hunt Club, and Ednam buildings have private outdoor space, while the Main Inn is housed in an historic gristmill and has the architectural details to match. — Laura Ratliff, Condé Nast Traveler, "3 Best Day Trips from Washington, D.C.," 24 July 2018 Regulation of gristmill pricing foreshadowed future government regulation of utilities. — Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, "Can Rivers Be People Too?," 9 May 2018 Such ponds collected water at high tide, then channeled it across a water wheel to power gristmills. — Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston vs. the rising tide," 28 Apr. 2018 That seemed too impersonal for the little restaurant in a former gristmill. — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, "Popular Maine restaurant the Lost Kitchen now takes reservations only by snail mail," 19 Mar. 2018 That’s why these factories are known as maquiladoras—loosely, gristmills. — Lauren Etter, Bloomberg.com, "The Godfather of Mexican Manufacturing Couldn’t Care Less About Donald Trump," 13 Oct. 2017 The gristmill sources grain from local farmers to create some of the region’s best stone-ground flours, proving the rye flour for Tandem Bakery’s addictive frangipane tarts and quinoa fruit crisps. — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, "The New Frontier of Dessert Is Local Flour," 5 Oct. 2017 The wall was at Chapman Mill, a five-story stone gristmill built in the 18th century near Broad Run, Va. Briganti-Dunn’s job was to pick colors that would be painted on a set of bridge abutments on nearby Interstate 66. — Washington Post, "Prince William County summary," 13 Aug. 2017 Try some cornbread made from cornmeal straight from the gristmill. — Katherine Rodeghier, chicagotribune.com, "Park it: See the colors in these three state-run gems," 4 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gristmill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gristmill
noun
grist·mill
| \ ˈgrist-ˌmil
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Kids Definition of gristmill
: a mill for grinding grain
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