Lexic.us

Definition of Pestle

1. Noun. Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.

2. Verb. Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar. "Pestle the garlic"

3. Noun. 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.

4. Noun. A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.

Definition of Pestle

1. n. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

2. v. t. & i. To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

Definition of Pestle

1. to crush with a club-shaped hand tool [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Pestle

1. An instrument in the shape of a rod with one rounded and weighted extremity, used for bruising, breaking, grinding, and mixing substances in a mortar. Origin: L. Pistillum, fr. Pinso, or piso, to pound (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pestle

pestilent pestilential pestilential pestilentially pestilently pestis pestis ambulans pestis bubonica pestis fulminans pestis major

pestis minor pestis siderans pestivirus pestivirus infections pestle (current term) pestle (current term) pestled pestles pestling pesto

pestos pests pesty pest control PEST sequence pes abductus pes adductus pes anserinus pes cavus pes cavus

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