mortar and pestle

English

A mortar and pestle.

Alternative forms

pestle and mortar

Noun

mortar and pestle (plural mortars and pestles)

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.
Synonym: mortar

Usage notes

Used with both singular and plural verbs.

Hyponyms

ghani

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 (yánbō hé yánchǔ), 杵臼 (chǔjiù), 磨缽／磨钵 (móbō), 搗藥盅／捣药盅 (dǎoyàozhōng)
Danish: morter (da)
Dutch: vijzel (nl) m
Esperanto: pistilo kaj pistujo
Finnish: huhmar (fi)
French: mortier et pilon m
German: Mörser und Stößel
Hungarian: mozsár (hu) mozsártörővel (hu)
Portuguese: pilão (pt)
Romanian: mojar cu pistil
Russian: пестик и ступа (pestik i stupa)
Spanish: mortero (es) m

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