pestle
English Thesaurus
1. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | hand tool, |
| definition | : | a tool used with workers' hands (noun.artifact) |
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 (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | tool, |
| definition | : | an implement used in the practice of a vocation (noun.artifact) |
3. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | machine, |
| definition | : | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | battery, stamp battery, |
| definition | : | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores (noun.artifact) |
4. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar (verb.change)
5. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | pestle, |
| definition | : | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar (verb.change) |
6. 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 (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | pound, |
| definition | : | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle (verb.change) |
7. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | stamp, |
| definition | : | crush or grind with a heavy instrument (verb.contact) |
8. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pestle, |
| definition | : | a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar (noun.artifact) |
9. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | pestle, |
| definition | : | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar (verb.change) |
10. 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 (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | pound, |
| definition | : | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle (verb.change) |
11. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | stamp, |
| definition | : | crush or grind with a heavy instrument (verb.contact) |
12. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar (verb.change)
| derivation | : | pestle, |
| definition | : | a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar (noun.artifact) |
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