noun🔗ShareA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things."She used the pestle to grind the spices into a fine powder in the mortar. "utensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape."The bailiff carried a wooden pestle as a symbol of his authority in the town square. "policelawitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig."a pestle of pork"foodanimalpartbodyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle."The chef used a pestle to grind the spices into a fine powder. "utensilfoodprocessmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
