Uk English Meaning of pestle

pestle

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Definitions and Meaning of pestle in English

Wordnet

pestle (n)

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

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

a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

Wordnet

pestle (v)

grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar

Webster

pestle (n.)

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

Webster

pestle (v. t. & i.)

To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

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pestle

machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores, a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) tha

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pestis bubonica => bubonic plague, pestis ambulans => Walking plague, pestis => plague, pestilentness => Pestilence, pestilently => pestilently,