pestles
Bowl-paired grinding tools
Pestles is the plural of pestle, a club-shaped tool used to crush or grind substances in a mortar—the bowl that holds them.
The mortar and pestle together form one of the oldest tools for preparing food, medicine, and pigments: The pharmacy's logo featured a mortar and crossed pestles.
To pestle is to grind with this tool.
Molar action sometimes
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- pulverizingBreaking into particles
- mashingCrushing into soft mass
friction · force · pressure · abrasion · technique · motion · circular · downward
Elements merging progressively
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- powdersFinely ground dry matter
formulation · medicines · capsules · dispensing · laboratory · preparation · drugs · mixing
Bowls for grinding
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- pestoUncooked green Italian sauce
herbs · crushing · basil · curry paste · guacamole · chutneys · masalas · seasoning
Solid earth fragment
- woodenMade from timber
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- ceramicFired clay material
brass · ancestral · artisanal · handcrafted · heritage · ritual · ceremonial · indigenous
grinding
Molar action sometimes
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- pulverizingBreaking into particles
mashing · friction · force · pressure · abrasion · technique · motion · circular · downward · rotation
compounding
Elements merging progressively
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
powders · formulation · medicines · capsules · dispensing · laboratory · preparation · drugs · mixing · homogenization
mortars
Bowls for grinding
pesto · herbs · crushing · basil · curry paste · guacamole · chutneys · masalas · seasoning · pounding
stone
Solid earth fragment
ceramic · brass · ancestral · artisanal · handcrafted · heritage · ritual · ceremonial · indigenous · ancient
- Natufian cultureLevant, bone tools, grinding stones, mortars, round houses
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- woodenwarewooden spoon, wooden bowl, wooden fork, wooden spoons, wooden cups
- Pre-Columbian artifactsancient artifacts, clay figurines, ceramic vessels, stone carvings, burial goods
- Neolithicdomestication, early agriculture, stone axes, Fertile Crescent, grinding stones
pestlesmortars
Bowls for grinding
bowls · vessels · receptacles · containers
- mortar and pestleManual crushing implements
- pestle and mortarVessel and club for pulverizing
- mortar pestleCrushing bowl and rod