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pes·tle
(pĕs′əl, pĕs′təl)n.
1. A club-shaped, handheld tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar.
2. A large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill.
v. pes·tled, pes·tling, pes·tles
v.tr.
To pound, grind, or mash with or as if with a pestle.
v.intr.
To use a pestle.
[Middle English pestel, from Old French, from Latin pistillum.]
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pestle
(ˈpɛsəl)n
1. (Cookery) a club-shaped instrument for mixing or grinding substances in a mortar
2. (Tools) a tool for pounding or stamping
vb
(Mechanical Engineering) to pound (a substance or object) with or as if with a pestle
[C14: from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum; related to pinsāre to crush]
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pes•tle
(ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tl)n., v. -tled, -tling. n.
1. a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
2. any of various appliances for pounding or stamping.
v.t. 3. to pound or grind with or as if with a pestle.
[1300–50; Middle English pestel < Middle French < Latin pistillum, derivative of pistus, past participle of pīnsere to pound, crush]
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pestle
Past participle: pestled
Gerund: pestling
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Noun | 1. | pestle - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores stamp battery, battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
2. | pestle - 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 tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
3. | pestle - a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands | |
Verb | 1. | pestle - grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic" |
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Translations
مِدَقَّه، يد الهاوِن
palička
støder
mozsártörő
stautur
grūstuvaspiesta
piesta
dibek tokmağı
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pestle
n → Stößel m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pestle
(ˈpesl) noun a tool like a small club, used for pounding things to powder, especially in a mortar. He ground the nutmeg to a powder with a mortar and pestle.
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