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pestle
/ˈpɛsəl/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
heavy, together
VERB + PESTLE
beaten, said
PESTLE + NOUN
garbanzo, hearth, pork, unto
PREP.
with
ADV.
always, instead
Definitions
noun
1
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
She then sat down by the fire, and carefully separated the stone from the pulp, which she burnt; and her next task was to extract the kernel, which she did by means of a heavy pestle and the hearth. The kernels were next crushed together, and placed to simmer over the furnace.
2
A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
[…]whether the chopping-knife or their pestles were the better weapons
3
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
a pestle of pork
verb
1
To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’
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She then sat down by the fire, and carefully separated the stone from the pulp, which she burnt; and her next task was to extract the kernel, which she did by means of a heavy pestle and the hearth. T
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[…]whether the chopping-knife or their pestles were the better weapons
Wiktionary03
a pestle of pork
Wiktionary04
‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’
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I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.
Tatoeba · #662136406
And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.
Tatoeba · #8066172Usage Notes
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