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- pestle 1 (with mortar)
1
: a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
2
: any of various devices for pounding, stamping, or pressing
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
My technique with my dog is to grind the pill with a mortar and pestle until it is broken down, like fine sand.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
The automobile, mortar-and-pestle sign and other artifacts and specimens are considered collection items, which the museum will continue to care for.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Freeman and Maher had recently hosted Miles Odell of Odell’s Bagel as a guest chef at Somebody People and were impressed by his technique of toasting sesame seeds and grinding them with a Japanese mortar and pestle, unleashing their fragrance.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Afterward, the resort’s pastry chef showed us how to use a mortar and pestle to blend custom hot chocolate using cacao beans, almonds, and cinnamon.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
My technique with my dog is to grind the pill with a mortar and pestle until it is broken down, like fine sand.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
The automobile, mortar-and-pestle sign and other artifacts and specimens are considered collection items, which the museum will continue to care for.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Freeman and Maher had recently hosted Miles Odell of Odell’s Bagel as a guest chef at Somebody People and were impressed by his technique of toasting sesame seeds and grinding them with a Japanese mortar and pestle, unleashing their fragrance.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Pestle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pestle. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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