gristmill

See also: grist mill

English

Alternative forms

• grist mill

Etymology

From grist +‎ mill.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

gristmill (plural gristmills)

1. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).
   • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.11:

     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.

Related terms

• grist

Translations

mill that grinds grain

• Armenian: ալրաղաց (hy) (alraġacʻ)
• Assamese: জাঁতমিল (zãtomil)
• Esperanto: grenmuelejo
• Estonian: viljaveski
• French: farinerie (fr) f
• German: Getreidemühle (de) f
• Spanish: aceña (es) f, molino harinero m