PESTLE

pestle

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

pestle, muller, pounder

(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

stamp, pestle

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

pestle

(verb) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; “pestle the garlic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pestle (plural pestles)

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

(archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.

The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

Coordinate terms

• muddler

Verb

pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)

(transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

Anagrams

• steple

Source: Wiktionary

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Pes"tle, n. Etym: [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. pish. Cf. Pistil.]

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

2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] Chapman.

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

Pes"tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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