pestle

Related topics: Utensils, Chemistry

pes·tle /ˈpesəl, ˈpestl/ noun [countableC]

DFUHCa short stick with a heavy round end, used for crushing things in a mortar (=a special bowl) 〔捣研用的〕杵，捣锤，研磨棒 →5 see picture at 见图 laboratory

Examples from the Corpus

pestle• The handle is squared and flattened at the end which could mean that it was used as a pestle for grinding.• To keep the sound of pounding rice with a pestle to a minimum, Grandmother put a quilt under the mortar.• It has been suggested that such small cups and a pebble were an ancient form of mortar and pestle for grinding what?• Brayer a maker or seller of pestles.• Some hours later, out she went again, flying in her mortar and rowing it with the pestle.

Origin pestle

(1300-1400) Old French Latin pistillum; → PISTIL

单词	pestle
释义	pestle Related topics: Utensils, Chemistry pes·tle /ˈpesəl, ˈpestl/ noun [countableC] DFUHCa short stick with a heavy round end, used for crushing things in a mortar (=a special bowl) 〔捣研用的〕杵，捣锤，研磨棒 →5 see picture at 见图 laboratory Examples from the Corpus pestle• The handle is squared and flattened at the end which could mean that it was used as a pestle for grinding.• To keep the sound of pounding rice with a pestle to a minimum, Grandmother put a quilt under the mortar.• It has been suggested that such small cups and a pebble were an ancient form of mortar and pestle for grinding what?• Brayer a maker or seller of pestles.• Some hours later, out she went again, flying in her mortar and rowing it with the pestle. Origin pestle (1300-1400) Old French Latin pistillum; → PISTIL
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