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Meaning of pestle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pestle
      n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for
           pounding or crushing ores [syn: {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 [syn: {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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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