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▸ noun: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
▸ 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
▸ noun: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
▸ verb: grind or pulverize in a pestle
▸ Also see pestling
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▸ noun: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
▸ 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
▸ noun: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
▸ verb: grind or pulverize in a pestle
▸ Also see pestling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pestle
▸ Usage examples for pestle
▸ Idioms related to pestle (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing pestle
▸ Words that often appear near pestle
▸ Rhymes of pestle
▸ Invented words related to pestle