how to pronounce pestle

/ˈpɛs.əl/

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pestle is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pestle in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… swat pestle and porter's five forces are …”

meanings of pestle

noun:

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

verb:

To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

pestle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pestle occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pestle can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pestle can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;