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# pestle

noun (plural pestles)

«pestle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestle/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a witch rides in a mortar and uses a pestle to steer or to beat people

### Examples

- Grind the herbs with the pestle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestle/#x1)
- The witch pushed her mortar along with the pestle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestle/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting pestles is only counting objects.

## In Jewish tradition

A tool for pounding grain or spices in a mortar.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs says even such pounding will not remove a fool's folly. The tradition reads this as a warning that only wisdom and character change a person.

### Examples

- Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pestle/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting pestles is only counting objects.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pestle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pestle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pestle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pestle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pestle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pestle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pestle.html) on Mova free.