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

Traditionally, spice pastes are made with a mortar and pestle.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

Nothing for a while but the muted tock of the pestle in the mortar and Mouse’s purring.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk