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- DictionaryGrist/ɡrist/
noun
- 1. grain that is ground to make flour.
- 2. useful material, especially to back up an argument: "the research provided the most sensational grist for opponents of tobacco"
1. a. : grain or a batch of grain for grinding. b. : the product obtained from a grist of grain including the flour or meal and the grain offals. 2. : a required or usual amount. 3. : matter of interest or value forming the basis of a story or analysis.
anything that can be used to your advantage: it is all grist for the mill I might as well learn another language, it's all grist for the mill when it comes to getting a job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Advantage and disadvantage. ace.
Grist definition: grain to be ground.. See examples of GRIST used in a sentence.
anything that can be used to your advantage: it is all grist to the mill I might as well learn another language, it's all grist to the mill when it comes to getting a job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Advantage and disadvantage. ace.
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. grist for or to one's mill, something used to one's profit or advantage, esp. something seemingly unpromising. grist′er, n.
a. grain intended to be or that has been ground. b. the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding. 2. brewing. malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked. 3. See grist to the mill. Collins English Dictionary.
something that is useful to somebody for a particular purpose. Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers. Definition of grist noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When grain like wheat or oats is ground into flour, it's called grist. Maize or corn that's made into coarse grist is called "grits."
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.
1. a: grain or a batch of grain for grinding b: the product obtained from a grist of grain including the flour or meal and the grain offals. 2. : a required or usual amount. 3. : matter of interest or value forming the basis of a story or analysis. 4. : something turned to advantage or use —used especially in the phrase grist for one's mill.
