Definition
grists
noun
- Plural of grist; grain that has been ground into flour or meal.
- Plural of grist; material or information that can be used or processed, especially for profit or advantage.
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The miller stored several sacks of grists in the warehouse.
- Every news story is grists for the media mill.
- The scandal provided plenty of grists for gossip.
- The company processes different grists depending on the season.
- Local farmers brought their grists to be milled.
- That controversy is just more grists for the rumor mill.