pestle

Meanings

• machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
• 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
• a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
• grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
  • "pestle the garlic"

Synonyms

muller, pounder, stamp