pestle
pestle
Definition
pes·tle (pes′əl, -təl)
noun
- a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances in a mortar
- any of several tools for pounding, grinding, or stamping
Etymology: ME pestel < OFr < L pistillum < pinsere, to pound < IE base *pis-, to pound, crush > Gr ptissein, to stamp
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·tled, -·tling
to pound, grind, crush, etc. with or as with a pestle
pestle
Synonyms
pestle
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Young men are pounding rice flour in mortars using heavy wooden pestles.
- find: We found pestle and mortars for grinding spices and herbs, decorated stones and a beautiful bowl and stone for refining other natural herbs.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Young men are pounding rice flour in mortars using heavy wooden pestles.
- large: One large basalt pestle constituted the only complete groundstone tool recovered this season.
- heavy: Young men are pounding rice flour in mortars using heavy wooden pestles.
Noun used with modifier
- eppendorf: Testes are transferred to an eppendorf tube in 0.5ml L15 and dissociated by gentle application of eppendorf pestle.
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