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Noun
Add the garlic and chiles to the bowl 3: Crush the sea salt lightly in a small molcajete or with a mortar and pestle; add to the mixture.—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025 Grind x1 Elderberry Leaves with mortar and pestle and add.—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 The original pesto made from garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and fresh basil leaves was made using a mortar and pestle.—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025 Grind with a wooden pestle or ice cream scooper for approximately 30 seconds for each glass.—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pestle
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English pestel, from Anglo-French, from Latin pistillum, from pinsere to pound, crush; akin to Greek ptissein to crush, Sanskrit pinaṣṭi he pounds
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