What does PESTLE mean?
Definitions for PESTLE
ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tlpes·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
stamp, pestlenoun
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
pestle, muller, poundernoun
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
pestleverb
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
pestleverb
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
"pestle the garlic"
Wiktionary
pestlenoun
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
pestleverb
To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pestlenoun
An instrument with which any thing is broken in a mortar.
Etymology: pistillum, Lat.
What real alteration can the beating of the pestle make in any body, but of the texture of it. John Locke.
Upon our vegetable food the teeth and jaws act as the pestle and mortar. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Wikipedia
pestle
Mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used from the Stone Age to the present day to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The mortar () is characteristically a bowl, typically made of hard wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone such as granite. The pestle (, also US: ) is a blunt, club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar where the pestle is pounded, pressed, and rotated into the substance until the desired texture is achieved. Mortars and pestles have been used in cooking since prehistory; today they are typically associated with the profession of pharmacy due to their historical use in preparing medicines. They are used in chemistry settings for pulverizing small amounts of chemicals; in arts and cosmetics for pulverizing pigments, binders, and other substances; in ceramics for making grog; in masonry and in other types of construction requiring pulverized materials. In cooking, they are typically used to crush spices, to make pesto and certain cocktails such as the mojito, which requires the gentle crushing of sugar, ice, and mint leaves in the glass with a pestle. The invention of mortars and pestles seems related to that of quern-stones, which use a similar principle of naturally indented, durable, hard stone bases and mallets of stone or wood to process food and plant materials, clay, or minerals by stamping, crushing, pulverizing and grinding. A key advantage of the mortar is that it presents a deeper bowl for confining the material to be ground without the waste and spillage that occurs with flat grinding stones. Another advantage is that the mortar can be made large enough for a person to stand upright and adjacent to it and use the combined strength of their upper body and the force of gravity for better stamping. Large mortars allow for several people with several pestles to stamp the material faster and more efficiently. Working over a large mortar that a person can stand next to is physically easier and more ergonomical (by ensuring a better posture of the whole body) than for a small quern, where a person has to crouch and use the uncomfortable, repetitive motion of hand grinding by sliding. Mortars and pestles anticipate modern blenders and grinders and can be described as having the function of small, mobile, hand-operated mills that don't require electricity or fuel to operate. Large wooden mortars and wooden pestles would predate and lead to the invention of butterchurns, as domestication of livestock and use of dairy (during the Neolithic) came well after the mortar and pestle. Butter would be churned from cream or milk in a wooden container with a long wooden stick, very like the use of wooden mortars and pestles.
ChatGPT
pestle
A pestle is a tool used in cooking for crushing, grinding or mixing substances in a bowl or mortar. It is often paired with a mortar, a bowl that holds the substance being ground. The pestle is typically a heavy, club-shaped object that allows for efficient processing of ingredients to a desired consistency. The pestle and mortar method preserves the aroma and taste of ingredients more effectively than using electrical equipment. The term is also used metaphorically to refer to a heavy tool to crush or grind.
Webster Dictionary
Pestlenoun
an implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar
Pestlenoun
a constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape
Pestlenoun
the leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork
Pestle
to pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle
Etymology: [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. pti`ssein, Skr. pish. Cf. Pistil.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pestle
pes′l, or pest′l, n. an instrument for pounding anything in a mortar.—v.t. and v.i. to pound with a pestle: to use a pestle. [O. Fr. pestel—L. pistillum, a pounder, pinsĕre, pistum, to pound.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
pestle
An instrument used in the fabrication of gunpowder.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PESTLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pestle is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pestle surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pestle.
98% or 102 total occurrences were White.
Anagrams for PESTLE »
spleet
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PESTLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PESTLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of PESTLE in a Sentence
Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom:
The skill of using a mortar and pestle never leaves one.
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- مدقةArabic
- maça, mà de morterCatalan, Valencian
- StößelGerman
- γουδοχέριGreek
- pistilo, pilónSpanish
- petkelFinnish
- pilonFrench
- plocanScottish Gaelic
- mozsártörőHungarian
- 擂粉木Japanese
- 절굿공이, 막자, 방앗공이Korean
- feriente desuper piloLatin
- ngahiri, pōtuki, paoi, morengaMāori
- толчникMacedonian
- stamperDutch
- pilãoPortuguese
- pistilRomanian
- пест, пестикRussian
- mortelstötSwedish
- havanda dovmekTurkish
- cái chàyVietnamese
- 杵Chinese
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