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- noun Plural form of
pestle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pestle .
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Examples
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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.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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All such stones are classed as "pestles," for convenience; they could have also been used as hammers, bone crushers, and in various other ways.
Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Gerard Fowke 1894
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Women mashed the fruit with pestles to make a traditional porridge-like food.
'Food of the Future' Has One Hitch: It's All But Inedible Julia Flynn Siler 2011
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Anything loose, like baskets, large pots, pestles, and mortars, was removed to leave the paths and passages clear of things Kristianos could hide behind.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Make the trophies in the shapes of prescription bottles, IV bags, or mortars and pestles.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010
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Everyone on our bus bought the rice made with pestles, and later commented on its rich nutty flavor.
Lael Hazan: Timeless Rice: A Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe Lael Hazan 2011
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Make the trophies in the shapes of prescription bottles, IV bags, or mortars and pestles.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010
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Taboo poi bowls and finger bowls, left-handed adzes of the canoe gods, lava-cup lamps, stone mortars and pestles and poi-pounders.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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Anything loose, like baskets, large pots, pestles, and mortars, was removed to leave the paths and passages clear of things Kristianos could hide behind.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Stretched out before us are 8 applewood pestles that have never broken or needed repair.
Lael Hazan: Timeless Rice: A Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe Lael Hazan 2011
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