{i} muller, stick used for grinding with a mortar; any tool used to crush or pulverize materials
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
To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle
A pestle is a short rod with a thick round end. It is used for crushing things such as herbs, spices, or grain in a bowl called a mortar
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar 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 grind or pulverize in a pestle
A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix substances. The pestle is a heavy stick whose end is used for pounding and grinding, and the mortar is a bowl. The substance is ground between the pestle and the mortar
[ 'pe-s&l, 'pes-t& ] (noun.) 14th century. Via Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Cognate to pesto.