pestle
Example Sentences
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A few had tooth structures that acted like a mortar and pestle and were able to grind in addition to just cutting.
From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023
In a perfect pesto world, that frozen sauce is homemade — a mix of tiny-leafed Genovese basil, Italian pine nuts and good olive oil that you’ve pounded by hand with a mortar and pestle.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Transfer to a plate to cool, then finely grind in a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023
"The physical outlet that cooking can provide — kneading dough, grinding stuff in a mortar and pestle — can be used as emotional regulation strategy," he said.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022
Nutmeg and cinnamon perfumed the air as she ground the spices with a pestle.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
