MILLSTONE

• (noun) one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

• (noun) any load that is difficult to carry

• (noun) (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

  "she was an albatross around his neck"

  synonyms : albatross

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