Associations to the word «Grist»

Wiktionary

GRIST, noun. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
GRIST, noun. (obsolete) A group of bees.
GRIST, noun. (colloquial) (obsolete) Supply; provision.
GRIST, noun. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
GRIST FOR THE MILL, noun. (idiomatic) (chiefly US) Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.
GRIST MILL, noun. Alternative spelling of gristmill
GRIST MILLS, noun. Plural of grist mill
GRIST TO THE MILL, noun. (idiomatic) (chiefly UK) Alternative form of grist for the mill

Dictionary definition

GRIST, noun. Grain intended to be or that has been ground.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras