Pestle synonyms

Even the Calaveras man is no exception, since his skull and his polished conical pestle, the latter made of stone more recent than the auriferous gravels, show him to have been of Digger Indian type.

Picumnus, a rustic deity (like Picus) and husband of Pomona, is specially concerned with the manuring of the soil and hence called Sterquilinus, while Pilumnus is the inventor of the pounding of grain, so named from the pestle (pi/um) used by bakers.

Go Italian with a marble mortar and a wooden pestle.

Use a round hand motion with your pestle to "squeeze" the full aroma and flavor from the fresh herbs and garlic.

Next, make the rub: Using a mortar and pestle, crush the peppercorns and the fennel seeds.