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pestle

English

Etymology

From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from p?ns? (pound, beat). Doublet of pistil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?s?l/
  • Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

pestle (plural pestles)

  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.
    • 1611, George Chapman, May-Day
      [] whether the chopping-knife or their pestles were the better weapons
  3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

Coordinate terms

  • muddler

Translations

Verb

pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)

  1. (transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

Related terms

  • pesto
  • pistil

References

Anagrams

  • steple

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homogenizer

English

Etymology

homogenize +? -er

Noun

homogenizer (plural homogenizers)

  1. Any piece of equipment used to homogenize mixtures, such as a kitchen blender, mortar and pestle, ultrasonic bath, etc.

Related terms

  • homogeneous
  • homogenize

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