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Pestle

Pestle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pestle? [n] a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar [n] 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 stone [n] machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [v] grind or pulverize in a pestle Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pestle: muller \| pounder \| stamp Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pestle: abrade \| atomize \| beat \| bray \| brecciate \| cheese grater \| comminute \| comminutor \| contriturate \| crumb \| crumble \| crush \| crusher \| disintegrate \| flour \| fragment \| grain \| granulate \| granulator \| granulize \| grate \| grater \| grind \| grind to powder \| grinder \| kominuter \| levigate \| levigator \| mash \| masher \| mill \| millstone \| mortar and pestle \| nutmeg grater \| pound \| powder \| pulverize \| pulverizer \| quern \| quernstone \| reduce to powder \| rock crusher \| roller \| scrunch \| shard \| shred \| shredder \| smash \| squash \| steamroller \| triturate \| triturator See Also \| battery \| bray \| comminute \| crunch \| grind \| hand tool \| machine \| mash \| stamp battery \| tool Pestle In Webster's Dictionary \Pes"tle\, n. [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. pish. Cf. {Pistil}.] 1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar. 2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] --Chapman. 3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. \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.

Pestle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pestle?

[n] a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
[n] 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 stone
[n] machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
[v] grind or pulverize in a pestle

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pestle: muller | pounder | stamp

Pestle In Webster's Dictionary

\Pes"tle\, n. [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L.
pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere,
to pound, crush, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. pish. Cf. {Pistil}.]
1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying
   substances in a mortar.

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

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


\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.

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