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pestle
(redirected from pestling)

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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.]
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pestle
mortar and pestle

pestle [ˈpɛsəl]
n
1. (Cookery) a club-shaped instrument for mixing or grinding substances in a mortar
2. (Engineering / Tools) a tool for pounding or stamping
vb
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to pound (a substance or object) with or as if with a pestle
[from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum; related to pinsāre to crush]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pestle - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
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
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
Verb1.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 [ˈpesl] Nmano f (de mortero)

pestle [ˈpɛsəl] npilon m
pestle and mortar → mortier et pilon

pestle
nStößel m

pestle [ˈpɛsl] npestello
pestle [ˈpɛsl] npestello

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. stamper مِدَقَّه، يد الهاوِن чукало palička støder der Stößel γουδοχέρι mano (de mortero), maja uhmrinui دسته هاون petkel pilon עֵלִי मूसली tučak,batić mozsártörő penumbuk, alu stautur pestello 乳棒 절굿공이 grūstuvas, piesta piesta anak lesung stamper støter tłuczek pilão pisălog пестик palička bat (v možnarju) tučak za avan mortelstöt สาก dibek tokmağı 槌,杵 товкач موگري، دستہ cái chày 槌,杵


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