Meaning
Pestle — the heavy wooden club used with a mortar to pound and grind: spices, coffee, corn, plantain for foo-foo, or seasoning into a paste. The mortar-and-pestle is a traditional kitchen tool, and the rhythmic pounding a familiar country sound.
Examples
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Pound di spice inna di mortar wid di pestle.
Pound the spice in the mortar with the pestle.
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Granny use di pestle fi mek foo-foo.
Grandma uses the pestle to make foo-foo.
Origin
From English 'pestle'. See [[mortar]], [[foo-foo]].
How it’s used
Wooden pounding club used with a mortar.