pestle
5
7.4
- noun
- /ˈpɛsəl/
:
molinillo
- One of the dark figures in the interior was pounding away with a marble pestle.
- mortar and pestle
- wooden pestle
And I started looking online for one and I found this crazy gigantic mortar and pestle made of marble that was like this big.
- And I started looking online for one and I found this crazy gigantic mortar and pestle made of marble that was like this big.
- No mortal and pestle, you know, they really it's like old school.
Examples
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Still, she shrugged and handed me the mortar and pestle.
Fiction book (1991) -
You must have a mortar and pestle.
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There was a kind of stone kitchen cabinet, with a mortar and pestle beneath.
Fiction book (1991) -
The pounding of the pestle grew louder and more ringing.
Fiction book (1997) -
I use a mortar and pestle to pound the spices.
Fiction book (2000) -
As these samples were seeds, before analysis they were ground using an agate mortar and pestle.
Academic text (2016) -
Frozen kidney samples were pulverized using liquid nitrogen with a mortar and pestle.
Academic text (2018) -
Nutmeg and cinnamon perfumed the air as she ground the spices with a pestle.
Fiction book (2002) -
The remaining soil (125 urn) was placed into a clean mortar and ground with a pestle for approximately 3 minutes with moderate force.
Academic text (2008) -
To prepare the sauce, use a pestle and mortar to grind the fresh herbs.
Synonyms
5
7.2
A heavy tool with a flat base and handle used to crush and mix grain or pigments on a stone
A heavy stone or metal tool that grinds and mixes pigments on a flat stone
Compounds
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pestle comes from the Latin pistillum, which meant 'pounder'. Think of a heavy stick that 'pounds' and grinds things in a mortar, so the old name fits the small club-shaped tool we use to crush spices and herbs.