pestle (redirected from pestled)

pes·tle  (psl, pstl) n. 1. A club-shaped, hand-held tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar. 2. A large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill. v. pes·tled, pes·tling, pes·tles v.tr. To pound, grind, or mash with or as if with a pestle. v.intr. To use a pestle. [Middle English pestel, from Old French, from Latin pistillum.]

pestle mortar and pestle

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pestle

Noun

a club-shaped instrument for grinding or pounding substances in a mortar [Old French pestel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pestle - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores stamp stamp battery, battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
	2.	pestle - 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 pounder, muller tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
	3.	pestle - a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
Verb	1.	pestle - grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic" comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

Translations

pestle [ˈpɛsl] n → mano f de mortero or de almirez

pestle [ˈpɛsl] n → pilon m

pestle [ˈpɛsl] n → Stößel m

pestle [ˈpɛsl] n → pestello

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pestle

n pestle [ˈpesl]

a tool like a small club, used for pounding things to powder, especially in a mortar He ground the nutmeg to a powder with a mortar and pestle.stamperمِدَقَّه، يد الهاوِنчукалоpaličkastøderder Stößelγουδοχέριmano (de mortero), majauhmrinuiدسته هاونsurvinpilonעֵלִיमूसलीtučak,batićmozsártörőpenumbuk, alustauturpestello乳棒(절구)공이grūstuvas, piestapiestaanak lesungstamperstøtertłuczekpilãopisălogпестикpaličkabat (v možnarju)tučak za avanmortelstötสากdibek tokmağı槌，杵товкачموگري، دستہcái chày槌，杵