noun. Grain or a quantity of grain for grinding.

noun. Ground grain.

idiom. ((one's)/the) Something that can be used to advantage.

noun. 1. A grinding: in the quotation used of the gnashing of the teeth.

noun. That which is ground; corn to be ground; grain carried to the mill to be ground separately for its owner.

noun. The amount ground at one time; the grain carried to the mill for grinding at one time.

noun. Hence Material for an occasion; a supply or provision.

noun. Material for one brewing. See the extract.

noun. A given size of rope or yarn, as determined by the amount of material. The common grist of rope is a circumference of 3 inches, with 20 yarns in each of the 3 strands.

noun. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

noun. Supply; provision.

noun. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

noun. all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit.

noun. to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit.

noun. grain that is to be ground in a mill

noun. a group of bees

noun. supply; provision

noun. A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

noun. grain intended to be or that has been ground

"The existence of the pool first became public last week when an email announcing the 2011 results was forwarded to an environmental website called grist.org."

to bring grist to the mill  

grist mill  gristmill  it's all grist to the mill  

cereal  food grain  grain  

Liszt  assist  cist  coexist  consist  

2.0-liter  bewildered-looking  blakzilla  coat-hanger  colloid  

grain  provision  supply