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Word | Pestle |
Portuguese Meaning | mão de almofariz, pilão |
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores / grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar / An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar. / tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl / a heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, usually in a mortar. / a hard tool with a rounded end that is used for pounding or crushing substances (such as medicines) in a deep bowl (called a mortar), | |
Usage | ⇒ A pestle is used to grind drugs in Ayurveda ⇒ From the way in which the elderly pharmacist pounded the drug with his pestle, young George could tell that his employer was agitated about something. ⇒ And I used cardamom seeds that I crushed in my pestle and mortar, rather than ready-ground. |
Synonyms | grind, muller, pound, crusher, grinder, pounder, pulverize, stamp, crush, masher, powder, squash, abrade, grater, impression, mallet, mill, mold, mould, nutmeg grater, |
Antonyms | infiltrate, pierce, unseal, penetrate, uncap, unstop, |
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