pestle

Plural: pestles

Noun

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
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

Verb

Verb Forms: pestled, pestling, pestles

To crush or grind using a heavy, club-shaped tool.
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
- "pestle the garlic"
To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

Examples

a pestle of pork
She tried to PESTLE her opponent’s lead by finding a seven-letter word on a triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.

Synonyms

muller, pounder, stamp

Scrabble Score: 8

pestle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pestle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pestle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

pestle: valid Words With Friends Word