grist

Speech parts

1. grist - Noun

2. grist - Verb

Meaning

Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

Supply; provision.

In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

corn mote chase mill speck business malted whit pimple supply fuel stock balance pain profit
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Antonyms

group problem debt destroy poverty obligation
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Hypernyms

grain cereal food grain

Phrases with the word

grist to the mill become grist for the mill

Anagrams

grits strig trigs

Examples

An idea that caught fire on Twitter and became grist for Mr. Trump demonstrates how the same echo chamber of right-wing media that boosted him in 2016 is exerting its power again just before the first primary votes are cast in 2020. Source: Internet

After two years, Fuller sold the bridge to Myron C. Lake, who continued to develop the community with the addition of a grist mill, kiln, and livery stable to the hotel and eating house. Source: Internet

A number of Muscogee chiefs acquired slaves and created cotton plantations, grist mills and businesses along the Federal Road. Source: Internet

But this weekend, I’m happy to bring you something truly heartening: I’d like you to meet the 2020 Grist 50 Fixers — your new heroes, and our cohort of emerging sustainability leaders. Source: Internet

Actual events may provide plenty of grist for the cartoon mill, but it takes a mind like Garry Trudeau's to sift through it for the hilarious kernel of truth. Source: Internet

Ah, now a merchant, a Jewish moneylender, a Moorish general, and a fool go into a bar – this is the grist for comedy, and comedy is what I do. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grissino grissly bear Grissom grist for the mill grist mill grist to the mill