Millstone
Millstone noun - One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.
Problem
Problem noun - Something that requires thought and skill for resolution.
Millstone and problem are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Millstone" instead a noun "Problem".
Nearby Words: problematic, problematical
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- The Millstone If you're not a part of the solution, you're likely a part of the problem, and viewers often hate sitting through the escapades of a part of the problem.
Source: Scrappy Index - This would not have been a problem for a state which was willing and able to tax its people on anything more than a token level, but the burden of reparations constituted a pretty heavy millstone around the Qing's all-too-slender neck.
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Problem and Millstone. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/millstone/problem
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