pestle
To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestleTo pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
» She lost her mortar and pestle.
Она потеряла свою ступку и пестик.
Meaning
1 sensesTo pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
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.
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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Forms
pestles, pestling, pestled, pestledWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle