[
UK
/pˈɛsəl/
]
NOUN
- 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
- a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
VERB
-
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
pestle the garlic
How To Use pestle In A Sentence
- pestle the garlic
- Oh yeah but if it is their munchies then the other side of south please go get a mortar and pestle to make the munchies munchable LOL!!! Archive 2008-10-01
- Woodcarvers, all of whom are men, carve masks and figurines as well as mortars, pestles, and bowls.
- Shaped like a large wooden pestle, the muddler is a must for summer drinks, like the Mojito or Mint Julep, which require muddling to bring out the mint's flavor. Stories from The Sun
- Frozen leaves were ground to a powder in a mortar with a pestle in the presence of liquid nitrogen in a cold room.
- Crush the peppercorns coarsely in a pestle and mortar or a coffee-grinder.
- Pound with a pestle until crushed. Times, Sunday Times
- Use a pestle and mortar to crush the spices.
- A quick grind with a pestle and mortar produces a finely textured flavouring for cooking.
- The pestle is a pole, preferably and usually of heavy hardwood, about The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
