Grist (Noun)
Meaning
Grain intended to be or that has been ground.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The farmer carefully poured the freshly harvested wheat into the granary, awaiting its turn to become grist for the local mill.
- Agricultural subsidies were designed to ensure that local grist remained affordable for artisanal bakers.
- Prior to mechanization, every rural town had its own grist mill to process grain for bread.
- With modern milling, high-quality grist was easily produced for large bakeries to produce industrial bread.
- Grist mills traditionally sat alongside streams to power their stone grinders and keep their stores of grist cool and dry.