What is the meaning of millstone?

noun

  • Figurative) something that hinders or handicaps. (
    • usage: "she was an albatross around his neck"
  • Any load that is difficult to carry.
  • One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain. .
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