About The Word Pestle
Learn about the word Pestle to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pestle definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Pronoun ‐ a function word that is used in place of a noun or…
- Oracle of delphi ‐ (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly…
- Angst ‐ an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved…
- Slightly ‐ to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory";…
- Considerately ‐ in a considerate manner; "they considerately…
- Leg covering ‐ a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to…
- Accelerando ‐ a gradually increasing tempo of music; "my ear will not accept…
- Cardium edule ‐ common edible…
- The centaur ‐ a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the…
- American beech ‐ North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible…