pestle

(noun, verb)

noun

1. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

Similar word(s): stamp

Definition categories: man–made, machine

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

Similar word(s): muller, pounder

Definition categories: man–made, tool

3. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with pestle as a noun:

- a pestle of pork

verb

1. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar

- pestle the garlic

Definition categories: change, bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash