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pestle <a pestle; pestles> N

pestle N

mortar and pestle CHEM

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A related utensil is the tamis - a flat strainer through which food is pressed with a scraper or pestle.
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The food is then pushed through using a scraper or pestle.
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Later pestles and a simple machine called a rice pounder were developed to remove hulls.
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The middle region of the cephalon (the glabella) is typically elongate, with the sides often spreading forward (pestle-shaped).
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This pestle was unearthed among and almost at the same level of the sherds which would suggest some kind of association.
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The earliest and most basic form of cider mill consists of little more than an enclosed area where apples are pounded by large wooden pestles.
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They are known for drum and zither music and a folk dance in which a mock battle is conducted between dancers wielding large pestles.
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The dancers will perform to the fast rhythm of drums and striking pestles painted in red and white.
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It is often used to make fresh sambal, a spicy chili condiment, hence the "sambal ulek/oelek" denote its process using pestle.
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For example, researchers have observed wild chimpanzees utilising tools for foraging: some of the tools used include leaf sponges, termite fishing probes, pestles and levers.
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