pestle

pestlepestle (foreground) and mortar (background)

pes·tle

P0217400 (pĕs′əl, pĕs′təl)n.1. A club-shaped, handheld tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar.2. A large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill.v. pes·tled, pes·tling, pes·tles v.tr. To pound, grind, or mash with or as if with a pestle.v.intr. To use a pestle.

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[Middle English pestel, from Old French, from Latin pistillum.]

pestle

(ˈpɛsəl) n1. (Cookery) a club-shaped instrument for mixing or grinding substances in a mortar2. (Tools) a tool for pounding or stampingvb (Mechanical Engineering) to pound (a substance or object) with or as if with a pestle[C14: from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum; related to pinsāre to crush]

pes•tle

(ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tl)

n., v. -tled, -tling. n. 1. a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar. 2. any of various appliances for pounding or stamping. v.t. 3. to pound or grind with or as if with a pestle. [1300–50; Middle English pestel < Middle French < Latin pistillum, derivative of pistus, past participle of pīnsere to pound, crush]

pestle

Past participle: pestled
Gerund: pestling

Imperative
pestle
pestle

Present
I pestle
you pestle
he/she/it pestles
we pestle
you pestle
they pestle

Preterite
I pestled
you pestled
he/she/it pestled
we pestled
you pestled
they pestled

Present Continuous
I am pestling
you are pestling
he/she/it is pestling
we are pestling
you are pestling
they are pestling

Present Perfect
I have pestled
you have pestled
he/she/it has pestled
we have pestled
you have pestled
they have pestled

Past Continuous
I was pestling
you were pestling
he/she/it was pestling
we were pestling
you were pestling
they were pestling

Past Perfect
I had pestled
you had pestled
he/she/it had pestled
we had pestled
you had pestled
they had pestled

Future
I will pestle
you will pestle
he/she/it will pestle
we will pestle
you will pestle
they will pestle

Future Perfect
I will have pestled
you will have pestled
he/she/it will have pestled
we will have pestled
you will have pestled
they will have pestled

Future Continuous
I will be pestling
you will be pestling
he/she/it will be pestling
we will be pestling
you will be pestling
they will be pestling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pestling
you have been pestling
he/she/it has been pestling
we have been pestling
you have been pestling
they have been pestling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pestling
you will have been pestling
he/she/it will have been pestling
we will have been pestling
you will have been pestling
they will have been pestling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pestling
you had been pestling
he/she/it had been pestling
we had been pestling
you had been pestling
they had been pestling

Conditional
I would pestle
you would pestle
he/she/it would pestle
we would pestle
you would pestle
they would pestle

Past Conditional
I would have pestled
you would have pestled
he/she/it would have pestled
we would have pestled
you would have pestled
they would have pestled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pestle - machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing oresstampstamp battery, battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing oresmachine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
	2.	pestle - 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 stonepounder, mullertool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
	3.	pestle - a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortarhand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
Verb	1.	pestle - grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

Translations

捣碎或碾磨用的槌杵

pestle

(ˈpesl) noun a tool like a small club, used for pounding things to powder, especially in a mortar. He ground the nutmeg to a powder with a mortar and pestle. (搗研用的)杵，碾槌 （捣碎或碾磨用的）槌，杵