Explore Pestle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like stamp or bray. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pestle 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.
Using Pestle
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: stamp, bray, crunch, mash.
- In the example corpus, pestle often appears in combinations such as: and pestle, pestle and, with pestle.
Context around Pestle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pestle
- In this selection, "pestle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wrap and set stand out and add context to how "pestle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include into a pestle and mortar and mortar and pestle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pestle" sits close to words such as agba, agios and agnc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pestle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A pestle and mortar is good for this. (8 words)
She used the pestle to hit his head when he was asleep. (12 words)
First, people would have to pulverize the ingredients using a mortar and pestle. (13 words)
Plattner’s diamonds mortar and also pestle set for mashing modest ore samples This info has more than 283,905 views and also 86% associated with subscribers who seem to selected as found it useful, generating them our own reader-approved condition. (42 words)
Then, you can whizz the dried skins in a blender or crush them with a pestle and mortar to create a fine powder that’s perfect for getting a flavourful kick into your soups, stews, curries, and more. (38 words)
She also makes a convincing case for making the curry paste in a pestle and mortar, rather than a food processor; "an electric blade will always chop rather than pound, no matter how finely it does so. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A video currently circulating on social media, showed the suspect as he confessed to having killed the lecturer with a pestle.
First, people would have to pulverize the ingredients using a mortar and pestle.
Once the whole spices are roasted, grind them to a fine powder using either a spice grinder or a mortar and pestle.
She used the pestle to hit his head when he was asleep.
The suspect also confessed to have hit Chima with the pestle up to three times before he stopped, after he had fallen on the ground, in the pool of blood.
A pestle and mortar is good for this.
If you don't have a mortar and pestle, wrap the seeds in a kitchen towel and bang them with the bottom of an empty bottle or jar a few times.
Season then transfer to a platter before crushing the Bombay mix into a pestle and mortar and sprinkling over the top.
Smash the chilli in a mortar and pestle with a sprinkle of salt.
Then, you can whizz the dried skins in a blender or crush them with a pestle and mortar to create a fine powder that’s perfect for getting a flavourful kick into your soups, stews, curries, and more.
Using a pestle and mortar, bash the saffron with a pinch of salt.
As soon as the coconut turns golden, remove from the heat and tip into a pestle and mortar.
In a perfect world, you'd pound together herbs, spices, chiles and aromatics with a pestle until you made a fresh, fragrant paste.
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She also makes a convincing case for making the curry paste in a pestle and mortar, rather than a food processor; "an electric blade will always chop rather than pound, no matter how finely it does so.
The pestle was found near the well known as “Indian Ovens” near Greenbank.
THE police on Tuesday arraigned a 55-year-old security guard, Abel Soglo, who allegedly hit a tenant with a pestle on the head, in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
According to the cleric, the number, 18, in spiritual terms, signifies bondage or oppression, stressing that “the pestle will defeat the mortar” in 2018.
Crush basil with mortar and pestle and add to vodka to infuse for at least 1 to 2 hours.
Once dried, grind in a mortar and pestle or blender and sift to separate the powder from the chunks.
Common combinations with pestle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: