grist

[ grist ]

noun

1. grain to be ground.
2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding.
3. a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding.
4. Older Use. a quantity or lot.

verb (used with object)

1. to grind (grain).

grist

/ ɡrɪst /

noun

1. 1. grain intended to be or that has been ground
   2. the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding
2. brewing malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked
3. grist to the mill or grist to one's mill or grist for the mill or grist for one's mill
   anything that can be turned to profit or advantage

Other Words From

• grister noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grist¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; akin to Old English grindan to grind

Word History and Origins

Origin of grist¹

Old English grīst; related to Old Saxon grist-grimmo gnashing of teeth, Old High German grist-grimmōn

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. grist for / to one's mill, something employed to one's profit or advantage, especially something seemingly unpromising:

   Every delay was so much more grist for her mill.

Example Sentences

The segment, based on a proposal by Seattle’s public school system to integrate ethnic studies into math, served as a good illustration of critical race theory’s potential as grist for programming that strikes a nerve with viewers.

From Washington Post

And, again, there is plenty of grist for that mill, given that guidance was later reversed.

From Washington Post

It’s got plenty of grist for Washington’s gossip mill — now-it-can-be-told tales and score-settling stories.

From Washington Post

The raw little companies that represent the grist that will shape itself into the next set of giants.

From TechCrunch

All of this would seem to be grist for some tough questions in a confirmation hearing.

From Washington Post

Here they are not merely grist for conversation; they are the most distant extension of American military power.

From The Daily Beast

And in their spare time, those cowpunchers, ranchers, and old rodeo riders will use their experiences as grist for cowboy poetry.

From The Daily Beast

Likewise, the “triumph” of Kosovo is pure grist from the national security propaganda mill.

From The Daily Beast

David Roberts of Grist tweeted Sunday that Ferguson apparently isn't concerned about climate change.

From The Daily Beast

What might sound like grist for late-night comics is, in fact, a serious matter for a reporter.

From The Daily Beast

But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.

From Project Gutenberg

A mill used exclusively for grinding grain for local consumption was called a grist or custom mill.

From Project Gutenberg

A portion of the grist was usually allowed the owner for his services.

From Project Gutenberg

Saw mills, grist mills, and cotton gins, are either erecting or erected throughout the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Verily, the mills of the gods grind slowly, but what a grist they grind!

From Project Gutenberg

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