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Image:Moerser-und-Pistill.jpg|thumb|right|A mortar and pestle.
English

Etymology
Via Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pinsere, "to pound".

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�s�l/
rhymes|�s�l

Noun
en-noun

1. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

Translations
trans-top|instrument used with a mortar to grind things
German: Stö�el m
French: pilon
trans-mid
Korean: 방�공� (bangAt-gongI), �굿공� (jeolgut-gongI), �� (makja) (small-sized)
Spanish: pilón m, pistilo m
trans-bot

Verb
en-verb|pestl|es

1. To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.

Related terms
pistil

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