Pestle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pestle \pes"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pestled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Pestling}.]
     To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a
     pestle; to use a pestle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its
        shape. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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     3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig;
        as, a pestle of pork.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pestle
       n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for
            pounding or crushing ores [syn: {stamp}]
       2: 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: {muller},
           {pounder}]
       3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances
          in a mortar
       v : grind or pulverize in a pestle

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "pestle":
     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