Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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Synonyms: clapper, damsel, millclapper, knap
Antonyms: none provided
History
The constant noise it produced was humorously likened to a talkative woman.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
