"mortar and pestle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mortars and pestles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mortars and pestles}} 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. Wikipedia link: mortar and pestle Synonyms: mortar, pestle and mortar Hyponyms: ghani Translations (device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder): 研缽和研杵 (Chinese Mandarin), 研钵和研杵 (yánbō hé yánchǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 杵臼 (chǔjiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 磨缽 (Chinese Mandarin), 磨钵 (móbō) (Chinese Mandarin), 搗藥盅 (Chinese Mandarin), 捣药盅 (dǎoyàozhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), morter (Danish), vijzel [masculine] (Dutch), pistilo kaj pistujo (Esperanto), huhmar (Finnish), mortier et pilon [masculine] (French), Mörser und Stößel (German), mozsár mozsártörővel (Hungarian), lesung dan alu (Indonesian), lesung dan alu (Malay), खलबत्ता (khalbattā) [masculine] (Marathi), pilão (Portuguese), mojar cu pistil (Romanian), пестик и ступа (pestik i stupa) (Russian), mortero y machaca (Spanish), almirez y maja (Spanish), pilón y machacadera (Spanish), molcajete y tejolote [Mexico] (Spanish)

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