verb
- grinding or crushing into a fine powder or paste
Usage: technical; present participle of trituration
Examples
- The pharmacist was triturating the herbs to make a medicinal powder.
- She spent hours triturating the pigments for her oil paints.
- The laboratory technician was triturating the sample with a mortar and pestle.
- Triturating the spices released their aromatic oils.
- The machine was triturating the limestone into fine particles.
- He was carefully triturating the mixture to achieve the right consistency.