pestle

Noun

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

• 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

• machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

Verb

• grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
  • pestle the garlic
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  muller , pounder , stamp