one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose |
any load that is difficult to carry | a lack of feeling or expression or movement |
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter |
| the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed |
| an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds |
| material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
| a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry |