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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pes-uh l, pes-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tl



Definition of pestle

Origin :
  • mid-14c. (as a surname late 13c.), from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of root *peis- "to crush" (cf. Sanskrit pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal," Greek ptissein "to winnow," Old Church Slavonic pišo, pichati "to push, thrust, strike," pišenica "wheat," Russian pseno "millet").
  • As in pound : verb crush; beat rhythmically
  • As in powder : verb crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains
  • As in pulverize : verb smash by beating, crushing
  • As in grind : verb crush, pulverize
Example sentences :
  • He let the pestle fall from his hand and jumped as if he had been stuck with a pin.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • They did not see his divine informants, the axe, the tray, and the pestle.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • But at this moment the doctor's pestle was heard in the silence, with its continued rhythm.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • It may be, as it is elsewhere, the pestle and mortar system.
  • Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
  • He resolved then to try to make a mortar and pestle of hard wood.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison
  • Rub the residue with a pestle into a paste with boiling water.
  • Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
  • While hot, it is placed in a mortar, and pounded with a pestle.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • "You should let Pestle see her," replied the sympathizing squire.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) » by Charles James Wills
  • This may have been made to cut it into the length desired for a pestle.
  • Extract from : « The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley » by Harlan Ingersoll Smith
  • Fig. 25 illustrates a pestle, the top of which is broken off.
  • Extract from : « The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley » by Harlan Ingersoll Smith

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