Pestles

Word PESTLES
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈpɛsəlz/

Definitions and meanings of "Pestles"

What do we mean by pestles?

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.

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The word "pestles" in example sentences

Yuh see dey hab uh big block outer in de yard wid uh big hole in it dat dey put de rice in en take dese t'ing call pestles en beat down on it en dat wha 'knock de shaft offen it. ❋ Work Projects Administration (N/A)

All such stones are classed as "pestles," for convenience; they could have also been used as hammers, bone crushers, and in various other ways. ❋ Gerard Fowke (1894)

Make the trophies in the shapes of prescription bottles, IV bags, or mortars and pestles. ❋ Len Berman (2010)

Everyone on our bus bought the rice made with pestles, and later commented on its rich nutty flavor. ❋ Lael Hazan (2011)

Anything loose, like baskets, large pots, pestles, and mortars, was removed to leave the paths and passages clear of things Kristianos could hide behind. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

Women mashed the fruit with pestles to make a traditional porridge-like food. ❋ Julia Flynn Siler (2011)

Taboo poi bowls and finger bowls, left-handed adzes of the canoe gods, lava-cup lamps, stone mortars and pestles and poi-pounders. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stretched out before us are 8 applewood pestles that have never broken or needed repair. ❋ Lael Hazan (2011)

The women were going around the circle, taking turns thrusting the giant pestles into the container to mash the corn. ❋ Kate Fleurange (2008)

From the verb * - túaŋg - Njombe derived the noun * mutwango to name their pestles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Over time, Ruvu-descendant speakers have come to identify pestles in various ways. ❋ Unknown (2008)

An energetic young couple, male and female, wait under a patch of thatched shade to raise oversize pestles and take up the vigorous pounding in a stone mortar that takes the place of an electric coffee grinder here. ❋ John Krich (2010)

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