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kvarn.

mill; the grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, spices, coffee beans etc., or the building or object housing such a grinding apparatus.

5 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. mill; the grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, spices, coffee beans etc., or the building or object housing such a grinding apparatus.

    common-gender
  2. bureaucracy; administrative process

    common-gender · figuratively
  3. clipping of kvarnspel (“nine men's morris”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish kværn, kvarn, from Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerewn- (“millstone”).

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