quern
9.9
A stone tool you turn by hand to grind grain into flour
- noun
- /kwɜrn/
- Archaic
:
piedra de moler
- Skims milk, and sometimes labors in the quern and bootless makes the breathless housewife churn?
Examples
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In ancient times, people used a quern to grind grain into flour for baking.
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Using a quern, she ground the wheat into flour to prepare for baking bread.
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The farmer showed how to operate the quern to make fresh cornmeal for his family.
Synonyms
27
2.5
A machine that crushes materials, for example coffee beans
is a human-powered stone device for making flour, not a powered machine
millstone
vsquern
1
7.3
One of two large flat stones that grind grain into flour
is smaller and manually operated rather than large rotating stones
9.8
A small stone you hold to grind grain against a larger stone
is a simple hand-operated stone device for turning grain into flour
How Manual
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quern comes from the Old English word cweorn and is related to the Norse word kvern for a hand mill. A quern is a small stone you turn to 'grind' grain into flour, so the origin shows its use.