Definition of "pestle" in English

noun

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

2. (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.

3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

   • a pestle of pork

verb

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