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QUERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quern mean? 

QUERN (noun)
  The noun QUERN has 1 sense:

1. a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by handplay

  Familiarity information: QUERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("quern" is a kind of...):

grinder; mill; milling machinery (machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing)


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