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Pestle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Pestle has 3 senses
- pestle(n = noun.artifact) stamp - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores; Array is a part of battery, stamp battery
- pestle(n = noun.artifact) muller, pounder - 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; Array is a kind of tool
- pestle(n = noun.artifact) Array - a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; Array is a kind of hand tool
is a kind of machine
Derived form verb pestle1
Derived form verb pestle1
Derived form verb pestle1
Verb Pestle has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pestle, 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.].
- An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle. [1913 Webster]
- A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. [1913 Webster]
Pestle, v. t. & i.
To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pestle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a club-shaped instrument for pounding substances in a mortar.
2 an appliance for pounding etc.
--v.
1 tr. pound with a pestle or in a similar manner.
2 intr. use a pestle.
--n.
1 a club-shaped instrument for pounding substances in a mortar.
2 an appliance for pounding etc.
--v.
1 tr. pound with a pestle or in a similar manner.
2 intr. use a pestle.
Etymology
ME f. OF pestel f. L pistillum f. pinsare pist- to pound
THESAURUS
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
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