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pestle Definition


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pestle
noun
    1. A club-shaped utensil for pounding, crushing and mixing substances in a mortar.
verb
    pestled, pestling
    1. To pound or crush, etc something with a pestle.
Etymology: 14c: from French pestel, from Latin pistillum a pounder, from pinsere to pound.



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