pestle

Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.

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.

A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.

Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.

“pestle the garlic”