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grind·stone [ˈgraɪn(d)stəʊn] N

grindstone
to keep one's nose to the grindstone

Usage examples with grindstone

to keep one's nose to the grindstone

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A vertical shaft beneath the millhouse connects the grindstones with a tub wheel turbine.
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He served as a regular apprenticeship from a grindstone boy to a foreman.
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She tries to find the wrench to unbolt the grindstone, but can not locate it.
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The town's symbol is a grindstone, a tribute to the many grindstones that came out of its quarries.
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He lived simply, spent next to nothing on entertainment, joined no societies, and kept his nose steadily to the grindstone.
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He then taught school and then became a traveling salesman of grindstones.
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The corn mill was modernised in 1910, with the wheel being replaced by a water turbine and the grindstones being replaced by steel rollers.
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On the southern edge of the cemetery is a cave that contains the large grindstone of a flour mill.
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Most modern mills use chips rather than logs and ridged metal discs called refiner plates instead of grindstones.
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Each bit was forged with a hammer, quenched, and then ground with a grindstone.
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