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
• plural of pestle

Verb

• grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pestle

Synonyms

muller, pestle, pounder, stamp