pestle
英 ['pes(?)l]
美['p?stl]
- vt. 用杵搗；用槌磨
- vi. 用杵搗碎；用槌磨碎
- n. 杵；碾槌
英英釋意
- 1. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- 2. 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
- 3. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar