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pestle definition

pes·tle (pes′əl, -təl)

noun

  1. a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances in a mortar
  2. 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 pestled -·tled, pestling -·tling

to pound, grind, crush, etc. with or as with a pestle

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pestle Synonyms

pestle

n.

grinder, pulverizer, pounder, brayer, muller, masher.


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pestle Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Young men are pounding rice flour in mortars using heavy wooden pestles.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: 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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