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pestle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈpestl/,/ˈpesəl/,
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pestles, plural;
  1. Crush or grind (a substance such as a spice or drug) with a pestle
    • - she measured seeds into the mortar and pestled them to powder
Noun
  1. A heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, usually in a mortar

  2. A mechanical device for grinding, pounding, or stamping something

  1. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
  2. stamp: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
  3. 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
  4. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  5. A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances (trituration). The pestle is a heavy bat-shaped object, the end of which is used for crushing and grinding. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, marble, clay, or stone. ...
  6. PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. ...
  7. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things; To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle
  8. a club-shaped or cylindrical object used to crush and grind various materials in a mortar.
  9. A tool for looking at various influences on a project. Impacts are identified under the headings of: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental.
  10. The "upper stone", used to grind plants for food and medicine and/or ochre for painting. A pestle stone often doubles as a hammer stone and/or anvil