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  • 1. pestle
  • 2. pestle
  • 3. pestle
  • 4. pestle
  • Pestle in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. pestle
  • 2. pestle
  • 3. pestle
  • 4. pestle
  • Pestle in a sentence

Pestle Past Tense

The past tense of Pestle is pestled.

1. pestle

noun. 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.

Synonyms

  • muller
  • pounder

Antonyms

  • walk

2. pestle

verb. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.

Synonyms

  • crunch
  • mash
  • grind
  • comminute

3. pestle

noun. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.

Antonyms

  • decompression

4. pestle

noun. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.

Synonyms

  • machine
  • stamp
  • battery

Sentences with pestle


1. Noun, singular or mass
Take the powder of the smaller amount and place it in the pestle.

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