mortar and pestle

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 (yánbō hé yánchǔ), 杵臼 (chǔjiù), 磨缽, 磨钵 (móbō), 搗藥盅, 捣药盅 (dǎoyàozhōng) Danish: morter Dutch: vijzel (nl) m Finnish: huhmar (fi)

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