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
A few steps away, Castro pointed out a boulder with a hole in the middle, where long-ago meals of mesquite beans were prepared by tribal members with mortar and pestle.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023
I poured the chocolate from the mortar and pestle into the tray and allowed it to set at room temperature.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2023
Birdie asked as she ground rosemary leaves with a pestle.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
