pestle
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind thingsA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
» She lost her mortar and pestle.
Она потеряла свою ступку и пестик. — RusVictoric1993
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3 sensesA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
Stößel, Mörserkeule, Stampfer
пестpest, пе́стикpéstik, толка́чtolkáč
пе́стикpéstyk
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
a pestle of pork
(archaic)A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
Examples
6 sentencesShe lost her mortar and pestle.
ruОна потеряла свою ступку и пестик. — RusVictoric1993
The mortar and pestle always go together.
She ground them up with a mortar and pestle.
For a more authentic texture, use a mortar and pestle instead of a blender.
I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīFrom Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.
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plural: pestlesSynonyms
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