pestle

Meaning

Noun

1. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
2. (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

Verb

To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

Synonyms

pounder

pound

💷

grind

stamp

muller

pounding stick

beetle

🪲

pulverize

masher

mallet

pulverizer

grinder

smasher

stamper

beat

grinding stone

mace

machine

milling

mortar

polish

🇵🇱

pounding

powderize

pulp

quern

rammer

stick

tamper

tenderizer

trituration

grind on

made of stone

mano

on a rock

tamping bar

pesting

reseat

implement for grinding

lapped finishing

tripsis

rice-pounder

ramming bar

hand stone

temping rod

mortar pestle

seat grinding

abrading

lapping finish

abrasion

anvil

Translations

pilon

Stößel

stamper

pestello

γουδοχέρι

Mörserkeule

mà de morter

vijzelstamper

pilão

majá

mano de mortero

pilón

maça

Stampfer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛsəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pestel

In summary

From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.