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Meanings of pestle in English

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.

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

Usage of pestle in English
1
Add the sea salt, transfer to a mortar and pestle and grind.
Radio NZ
2
We'd take corn and beat it in a mortar with a pestle.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
Then the King said that he must now bring him the pestle.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
4
Schiller reached across his desk and grabbed a pestle and mortar set.
The accident man
5
At every stroke of the pestle my hair grew longer and longer.
Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
6
This lead he carefully dissolved with the help of a glass pestle.
The Summons
7
Demetrius took up a pestle and crushed the first bit of root.
Celtic fire
8
One begins by driving down her pestle with force upon the paddy.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
9
Place this in a mortar and pestle and grind to a powder.
The Irish Times
10
There is only one way to account for this mortar and pestle.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
11
Transfer to a mortar and pound with a pestle until finely ground.
News.com.au
12
A pestle and a mortar presently 'jumped six feet from the floor'.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense
13
The pestle and mortar is on the counter next to the toaster.
Babyville
14
Roughly pound the star anise and cinnamon with a mortar and pestle.
Radio NZ
15
When fragrant, grind them with the salt using a pestle and mortar.
The Guardian
16
My head felt like it had been used as a guacamole pestle.
Mission road
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common