| pestle | (n) 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, Syn. pounder, muller |
| pestle | (n) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar |
| pestle | (v) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar, Example: pestle the garlic |
| pestle | n. [ OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. |
| pestle | v. t. & i. |