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pestle
noun
verb
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- ESTL
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈpɛsəl
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
noun
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
noun
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
verb
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
“pestle the garlic”
In context
Example Sentences
pestle the garlic
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