pestle
/'pesl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar: A pestle is a heavy, blunt tool, typically with a rounded end, used to crush, grind, or mix materials by pounding them in a bowl called a mortar.
- A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) used for grinding: This refers to a larger, often stone, version used historically for grinding grain or other substances on a flat stone slab.
Verb:
- To grind, mash, or pulverize in a mortar: The action of using a pestle to crush or reduce a substance to a powder or paste.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She used a marble pestle and mortar to crush the spices.
- Archaeologists found an ancient stone pestle at the site.
Verb:
- You need to pestle the seeds thoroughly to release their flavor.
- Pestle the garlic and salt together to form a paste.
Advanced Usage
- "To pestle something to a powder/fine paste": To grind something until it achieves a specific, very fine consistency.
- The recipe instructs you to pestle the nuts to a fine powder.
Variants and Related Words
- Mortar and pestle (noun phrase): The complete set consisting of the bowl (mortar) and the grinding tool (pestle). This is the standard pair used together.
- A mortar and pestle is essential for traditional cooking in many cuisines.
Synonyms
- Noun (Tool): Grinder, pounder, masher.
- Verb (Action): Crush, grind, pulverize, mash, pound.
Related Phrases
- "To work with a pestle": To use a pestle as part of a task.
- Making this sauce involves working with a pestle for at least ten minutes.
Noun
- a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
- 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
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
Verb
- grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
- pestle the garlic