grinding grain

collocation in English

meaningsofgrindingandgrain

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grinding
adjective
uk
/ˈɡraɪn.dɪŋ/us
/ˈɡraɪn.dɪŋ/
a situation in which people are extremely poor over a ...
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grain
noun
uk
/ɡreɪn/us
/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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(Definition ofgrindingandgrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The remains of a quern forgrindinggrainwas also found within this central area, as was a single carved rock.
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Inside the villages, young girls may be seengrindinggrainand making porridge, while the young boys help with the herds or the harvest.
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A traditional mechanical windmill can be used for pumping water orgrindinggrain.
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The mill is operated by volunteers and is still used forgrindinggrain.
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They were efficient atgrindinggrainor draining water.
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The amount of water which flows there is quite sufficient, and there are number of water mills installed forgrindinggrain.
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The mill ceased being used forgrindinggrainin 1947.
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Three water powered turbines ran the four-story mill, including lights, grain elevator and millstones used forgrindinggrain.
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Until 1952 it had three pairs of millstones forgrindinggrainfor the local farmers.
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It consisted of several churches, a post office, general store, mill forgrindinggrain, and several old cemeteries.
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At various times they have been used forgrindinggrain, fulling wool, rolling oats, crushing cattle cake, leather dressing, paper production and gunpowder manufacture.
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These kinds of skeletal changes could have resulted from women spending long periods of time kneeling whilegrindinggrainwith the toes curled forward.
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Suvaa is a mill forgrindinggrainthat uses the work of horses as its driving force.
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Any milling process can be powered in this way, but the most frequent use of animal power in horse mills was forgrindinggrainand pumping water.
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