Read the dictionary definition of pestle. All definitions for this word.
1. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
2. 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
3. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
4. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
1. pestle the garlic
