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Definition of: pestle
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(pes′əl) noun
1. An implement used for braying, bruising, or mixing substances, as in a mortar.
2. A vertical moving bar employed in pounding, as in a stamp mill, etc.
—v.t. & v.i. ·tled, ·tling To pound, grind, or mix with or as with a pestle. [<OF pestel <L pistillum <pistus, pp. of pinsere pound]
a. Pestle.
b. Mortar.
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