grist
pronunciation
How to pronounce grist in British English:
UK [grɪst]
How to pronounce grist in American English:
US [ɡrɪst]
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- Noun:
- grain intended to be or that has been ground
Word Origin
- grist
- grist: see grind
- grist (n.)
- Old English grist "action of grinding; grain to be ground," perhaps related to grindan "to grind" (see grind (v.)), though OED calls this connection "difficult." Meaning "wheat which is to be ground" is early 15c., as is the figurative extension from this sense.
Example
- 1. It 's all grist for google 's data mavens .
- 2. You might as well take another exam if you have time-it 's all grist to the mill .
- 3. No-tillage for legume and grist to rotate the crops .
- 4. Matt grist of demos , a think-tank , argues that anyone who wants to study and is qualified should be allowed into higher education .
- 5. The parallel is grist to the mill of those who see the recent riots as a result of joblessness .