English abbreviation dictionary - pestle
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Pestle
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1.
~ n a short stick with a heavy round end, used for crushing things in a mortar (=a special bowl) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(pestles) A pestle is a short rod with a thick round end. It is used for crushing things such as herbs, spices, or grain in a bowl called a mortar. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English pestel, from Anglo-French, from Latin pistillum, from pinsere to pound, crush; akin to Greek ptissein to crush, Sanskrit pina??i he pounds Date: 14th century 1. a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar — see mortar illustration 2. any of various devices for pounding, stamping, or pressing II. verb (~d; pestling) Date: 15th century transitive verb archaic to beat, pound, or pulverize with or as if with a ~ intransitive verb to work with a ~ ; use a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a club-shaped instrument for pounding substances in a mortar. 2 an appliance for pounding etc. --v. 1 tr. pound with a pestle or in a similar manner. 2 intr. use a pestle. Etymology: ME f. OF pestel f. L pistillum f. pinsare pist- to pound ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пестик (ступки); пест pestle and mortar —- пестик и ступка; аптекарское дело 2. разг. нога 3. диал. ножка (дичи, птицы и т. п.) a pestle of pork —- окорок 4. толочь в ступе, растирать пестом; работать пестом, пестиком ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from O.Fr. pestel, from L. pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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