(ALL) GRIST TO THE / SB'S MILL

Meaning of (ALL) GRIST TO THE / SB'S MILL in English

( BrE ) ( NAmE (all) grist for the / sb's ˈmill )

something that is useful to sb for a particular purpose :

Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
GRIST — grane a molinar, grane molinat
English interlingue dictionary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRIST — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grīst; akin to Old English grindan to grind Date: before 12th century 1. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MILL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) block mill grain mill Mill's methods Mill James Mill John Stuart
Английский словарь Британика
MILL — I. ˈmil noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mille, from Old English mylen; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRIST — I. ˈgrist noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grīst; akin to Old English grindan to grind …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALL — I. ˈȯl adjective Etymology: Middle English al, all, from Old English all, eall; akin to Old High German al all, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRIST — (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty …
Английский словарь Webster
GRIST — (n.) Supply; provision.
Английский словарь Webster
GRIST — (n.) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at …
Английский словарь Webster
GRIST — ( n. ) Supply; provision.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRIST — ( n. ) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRIST — ( n. ) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MILL — mill 1 /mil/ , n. 1. a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRIST — — grister , n. /grist/ , n. 1. grain to be ground. 2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALL — /awl/ , adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MILL — I. ˈmil noun Etymology: Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRIST — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grīst; akin to Old English grindan to grind Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MILL — noun to beat with the fists. 2. mill ·noun to roll into bars, as steel. 3. mill ·noun a pugilistic. …
Webster English vocab
GRIST — noun supply; provision. 2. grist ·noun ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is …
Webster English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MILL — [mill] n [ME mille, fr. OE mylen, fr. LL molina, molinum, fr. fem. and neut. of molinus of a mill, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRIST — [grist] n [ME, fr. OE grist; akin to OE grindan to grind] (bef. 12c) 1 a: grain or a batch …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRIST — grist, Grist BrE AmE ɡrɪst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MILL — / mɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a building fitted with machinery for grinding grain into flour …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRIST — / grɪst; NAmE / noun • IDIOMS - (all) grist to the / sb's mill •• WORD ORIGIN Old English …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — / ɔːl; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. (used with plural nouns. The noun may have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MILL — I. mill 1 /mɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-5: Language: Old English ; Origin: mylen , from Late …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRIST — grist /ɡrɪst/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'grain to be broken into small pieces' ] (all) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALL — I. all 1 S1 W1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ BrE AmE determiner , predeterminer , pronoun 1 . the whole of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MILL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an apparatus. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MILL — n. & v. n. 1 a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an apparatus. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRIST — n. 1 corn to grind. 2 malt crushed for brewing. grist to the (or a person's) mill a source of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MILL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an …
Oxford English vocab
GRIST — n.1 corn to grind. 2 malt crushed for brewing. Phrases and idioms: grist to the (or a person's) mill a …
Oxford English vocab
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
MILL — ( mills, milling, milled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A mill …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRIST — If you say that something is grist to the mill , you mean that it is useful for a particular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use all to indicate that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cotton mill (= factory where cotton is made into thread or cloth ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRIST — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If the guest was a bore, he or she unwittingly became grist for the act. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALL — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES above all (else) (= used to say that something is more important than anything …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRIST — [noun] [U] - (UK and ANZ) grist to the mill/(US) grist for someone's mill anything that can be used to …
Cambridge English vocab
MILL — n. block mill grain mill Mill's methods Mill James Mill John Stuart
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MILL — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, G, G-note, Vandyke, abrade, amble, armory, arrastra, arsenal, assemble, assembly line, assembly plant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MILL — I. noun 1 for making flour, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ corn ( BrE ), flour , grain ▪ water (usually watermill …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MILL — n. 1 grinder, quern, crusher, roller In many parts of the world, corn is still ground by hand in a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
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TO — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма, употр. перед гласными); (редуцированная форма, употр. перед согласными) 1. предл. 1) местные и пространственные значения а) …
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