pestle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: stampmullerpounder

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing oresSynonyms: stamp
  2. a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stoneSynonyms: mullerpounder
  3. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

Verb (1)

  1. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar“pestle the garlic”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

pestle \pes"tle\ (p[e^]s"t'l or p[e^]s"'l; 277), n. [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. pti`ssein, Skr. pish. Cf. Pistil.]

1.An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle. [1913 Webster]

2.A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

3.The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. [1913 Webster]

pestle \pes"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling.] To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle. [1913 Webster]
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