different between tablestone vs millstone

English

Etymology

table +? stone

Noun

tablestone (plural tablestones)

1. (archaeology) A large flat horizontal stone.

English

Etymology

From Middle English mylnston, milneston, from Old English mylenst?n (“millstone”), equivalent to mill +? stone, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malan? (“to grind”), *muljan? (“to crush (into pieces), to grind”) (from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to crush, to grind”), from *mel-) + Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”) (from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?-); cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinst?n (Middle Low German m?lenst?n), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?lst??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?l?sto?n/
• Hyphenation: mill?stone

Noun

millstone (plural millstones)

1. A large round stone used for grinding grain.
2. (geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
3. (figuratively) Often in a millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.

Alternative forms

• mill-stone (dated)

Derived terms

• see into a millstone, see through a millstone

Translations

See also

• albatross around one's neck

Further reading

• millstone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia