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millstreams

millstreams is the plural of millstream.

Meaning of millstream

Noun

millstream (plural millstreams)

  1. The water that runs through a millrace to power a mill.
    • [W]hile he was away Hinzelmann began suddenly to clapper in the ladies' chamber like a stork, and then said, "Maid Anne, you much go look for your things to-day in the mill-stream."1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 53

Questions about millstreams

What is millstreams the plural of?
Millstreams is the plural of millstream.

Words near millstreams in the dictionary

  1. millstone grit
  2. millstone grits
  3. millstone round one's neck
  4. millstones
  5. millstream
  6. millstreams
  7. Millstreet
  8. milltail
  9. milltails
  10. Millthorpe
  11. Milltimber

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