pestle, n.
(pestles)
(pestles)
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
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pestle
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
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muller pestle pounder
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machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
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pestle stamp
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