mortar and pestle

English

A mortar and pestle.

Noun

mortar and pestle (plural mortars and pestles)

1. A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.

Translations

device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研缽和研杵／研钵和研杵, 研钵和研杵 (yánbō hé yánchǔ), 杵臼 (chǔjiù), 磨缽／磨钵 (móbō), 磨钵 (móbō), 搗藥盅／捣药盅 (dǎoyàozhōng), 捣药盅 (dǎoyàozhōng)

• Danish: morter
• Dutch: vijzel (nl) m
• Finnish: huhmar (fi)
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• French: mortier et pilon m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pilão (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: mortero (es) m

Hyponyms

• ghani