Found 3 items, similar to pestle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pestle pengentak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pestle pestle n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp] 2: 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: muller, pounder] 3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar v : grind or pulverize in a pestle
English → English (gcide) Definition: pestle pestle \pes"tle\ (p[e^]s"t'l or p[e^]s"'l; 277), n. [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. pish. Cf. Pistil.] 1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle. [1913 Webster] 2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. [1913 Webster] pestle \pes"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling.] To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle. [1913 Webster]