pestle
n . 乳钵,槌,杵
vt .
vi . 用槌磨,用杵捣
乳钵,槌,杵用槌磨,用杵捣
pestle n 1 :
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [
synonym : {
stamp }, {
pestle }]
2 :
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 [
synonym : {
pestle },
{
muller }, {
pounder }]
3 :
a club -
shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar v 1 :
grind ,
mash or pulverize in a mortar ; "
pestle the garlic "
pestle \
pes "
tle \ (
p [
e ^]
s "
t '
l or p [
e ^]
s "'
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277 ),
n . [
OE .
pestel ,
OF .
pestel ,
LL .
pestellum ,
L .
pistillum ,
pistillus ,
a pounder ,
pestle ,
fr .
pisere ,
pinsere ,
to pound ,
crush ,
akin to Gr .
pti `
ssein ,
Skr .
pish .
Cf . {
Pistil }.]
1 .
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar ;
as ,
to grind with a mortar and pestle .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A constable '
s or bailiff '
s staff ; --
so called from its shape . [
Obs .] --
Chapman .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The leg and leg bone of an animal ,
especially of a pig ;
as ,
a pestle of pork .
[
1913 Webster ]
pestle \
pes "
tle \,
v .
t . &
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pestled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pestling }.]
To pound ,
pulverize ,
bray ,
or mix with a pestle ,
or as with a pestle ;
to use a pestle .
[
1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pestle ":
abrade ,
atomize ,
beat ,
bray ,
brecciate ,
cheese grater ,
comminute ,
comminutor ,
contriturate ,
crumb ,
crumble ,
crush ,
crusher ,
disintegrate ,
flour ,
fragment ,
grain ,
granulate ,
granulator ,
granulize ,
grate ,
grater ,
grind ,
grind to powder ,
grinder ,
kominuter ,
levigate ,
levigator ,
mash ,
masher ,
mill ,
millstone ,
mortar and pestle ,
nutmeg grater ,
pound ,
powder ,
pulverize ,
pulverizer ,
quern ,
quernstone ,
reduce to powder ,
rock crusher ,
roller ,
scrunch ,
shard ,
shred ,
shredder ,
smash ,
squash ,
steamroller ,
triturate ,
triturator
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