pestle

• Sustantivo que designa un instrumento pesado, a menudo de forma alargada y roma, utilizado para machacar, triturar o mezclar sustancias, generalmente contra una superficie dura como un mortero.

A noun referring to a heavy tool, often club-shaped, used for grinding, crushing, or mixing substances, typically against a hard surface like a mortar.

1. Grinding toolB2formal

   A heavy, club-shaped tool used for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar, typically made of stone, wood, or metal.

   Mano de mortero

   • She used a pestle and mortar to grind the spices.
   • The pharmacist crushed the herbs with a pestle.
   • He mixed the pigments with a pestle on a stone slab.

   Sinónimosgrindermullerpounderstamper

2. Industrial machineC1formal

   A machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.

   Macho triturador

   • The ore was processed using a large mechanical pestle.
   • The industrial pestle crushed the rocks into fine powder.
   • Workers operated the pestle to break down the mineral deposits.

   Sinónimosstampstamper

• Verbo que significa machacar, triturar o moler algo con un mazo o mano de mortero, generalmente en un mortero.

A verb meaning to crush, grind, or pound something using a pestle, typically in a mortar.

1. Grind or mashB2formalculinary

   To crush, grind, or mash a substance using a pestle in a mortar.

   Majer o machacar con un mortero y una mano

   • She pestled the garlic and salt into a smooth paste.
   • The chemist pestled the dried herbs into a fine powder.
   • He pestled the spices together for the curry.

   Sinónimosbraycrushgrindmashpound