Definitions for pestles

pestles pes·tle

Spelling: [pes-uh l, pes-tl]
IPA: /ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tl/

Pestles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in pestles (eelpsst).

Definitions for pestles

noun

  1. a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
  2. any of various appliances for pounding, stamping, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to pound or grind with or as if with a pestle.

verb (used without object)

  1. to work with a pestle.

Origin of pestles

1300-50; Middle English pestel Middle French Latin pistillum, derivative of pistus, past participle of pīnsere to pound, crush

Examples for pestles

It may be, as it is elsewhere, the pestle and mortar system.

But at this moment the doctor's pestle was heard in the silence, with its continued rhythm.

While hot, it is placed in a mortar, and pounded with a pestle.

So if you have high-quality saffron, you should feel free to grind it yourself with a mortar and pestle.

Rub the residue with a pestle into a paste with boiling water.

They did not see his divine informants, the axe, the tray, and the pestle.

All are thrown into a wooden bowl and beaten with a pestle into a colorful plate of food.

Put the spices into a pestle and mortar and pound them up with a pinch of salt.

He let the pestle fall from his hand and jumped as if he had been stuck with a pin.

He resolved then to try to make a mortar and pestle of hard wood.

Word Value for pestles
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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