pestle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
Types & categories
- machine hypernym
Parts & wholes
- stamp battery part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
pestle the garlic
Types & categories
- comminute hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
Types & categories
- tool hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
Types & categories
- hand tool hypernym
Related & opposite
- pestle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stamp |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stamp battery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | machine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | comminute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pestle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand tool |