pestles
/ˈpɛsəlz/ · noun
Meaning
- A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
- The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
- To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
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