pestle

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 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

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar

    pestle the garlic

Synonyms

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