pestle


pestle - noun

  • machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
  • 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
  • a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

    • pestle - verb

    • grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar

    pestle - thesaurus

    muller   pounder   stamp  

    Scrabble score for pestle

    p is 3 e is 1 s is 1 t is 1 l is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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