A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things. / (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.

(transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

plural of pestle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pestle

simple past tense and past participle of pestle

present participle of pestle

plural of mortar and pestle

A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.

plural of knight of the pestle

(humorous, archaic) An apothecary; a druggist.