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pestle

/ˈpɛs.əl/

Translations

pestlenoun

pestles

/ˈpɛs.əl/

Additional translations

Synonyms

pestleverb

pestled

Past Simple

pestled

Past Participle

pestling

Gerund

/ˈpɛsəl/

She used a mortar and pestle to pestle the spices.

Она использовала ступку и пестик, чтобы толочь специи.

Additional translations

Synonyms

pestlenoun

A heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, typically in a mortar.

She used a pestle to grind the herbs into a fine powder.

Any device or implement resembling a pestle that is used for pounding, stamping, or pressing.

The old cider mill still used wooden pestles to crush the apples.

pestleverb

To crush, grind, or pound a substance with or as if with a pestle.

She pestled the spices into a fine powder for the curry.