pestle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛsəl/

Noun

pestle (plural pestles)

1. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
2. (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

   a pestle of pork

Translations

• French: pilon
• German: Stößel, Mörserkeule, Stampfer
• Italian: pestello
• Portuguese: pilão
• Russian: пест
• Spanish: mano, maneta, maja, macilla

Verb

pestle (pestles, present participle pestling; past and past participle pestled)

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

Related terms

• pesto
• pistil

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