English Dictionary

pestle

/ˈpɛsəl/

noun

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.

She used a pestle to grind the spices.

意味（1）

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

She then sat down by the fire, and carefully separated the stone from the pulp, which she burnt; and her next task was to extract the kernel, which she did by means of a heavy pestle and the hearth. The kernels were next crushed together, and placed to simmer over the furnace.

意味（2）

(archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.

[…] whether the chopping-knife or their pestles were the better weapons

意味（3）

The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

a pestle of pork