stone-ground

stone-ground
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: ground in a buhrstone mill

white flour … was a great improvement over the gray, coarse stone-ground flour — R.M.Wilder

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/stohn"grownd"/, adj.
(of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, esp. those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
[1900-05]

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/ˈstoʊnˈgraʊnd/ adj
: ground by being crushed between two large stones (called millstones)

stone-ground flour


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  • stone-ground — also stoneground ADJ: usu ADJ n Stone ground flour or bread is made from grain that has been crushed between two large, heavy pieces of stone …   English dictionary

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