pestle

pestle Definition

pes·tle (pes′əl, -təl)

noun

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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