'pestle' definitions:
Definition of 'pestle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle]
noun
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 [syn: pestle, muller, pounder]
noun
A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
verb
Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
Definition of 'pestle'
From: GCIDE
- pestle \pes"tle\ (p[e^]s"t'l or p[e^]s"'l; 277), n. [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. pti`ssein, Skr. pish. Cf. Pistil.]
- 1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pestle'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pestle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- atomize,
- beat,
- bray,
- brecciate,
- cheese grater,
- comminute,
- comminutor,
- contriturate,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crush,
- crusher,
- disintegrate,
- flour,
- fragment,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulator,
- granulize,
- grate,
- grater,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- grinder,
- kominuter,
- levigate,
- levigator,
- mash,
- masher,
- mill,
- millstone,
- mortar and pestle,
- nutmeg grater,
- pound,
- powder,
- pulverize,
- pulverizer,
- quern,
- quernstone,
- reduce to powder,
- rock crusher,
- roller,
- scrunch,
- shard,
- shred,
- shredder,
- smash,
- squash,
- steamroller,
- triturate,
- triturator