noun
- a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances in a mortar
- any of several tools for pounding, grinding, or stamping
Origin:
ME pestel < OFr < L pistillum < pinsere, to pound < IE base *pis-, to pound, crush > Gr ptissein, to stamp
transitive verb, intransitive verb pestled, pestling
to pound, grind, crush, etc. with or as with a pestle