one of two flat circular stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour
IDIOMS
a millstone around / round your neck a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of:
My debts are a millstone around my neck. * Unemployment was an economic millstone around the country's neck.
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