mortar and pestle

English

A mortar and pestle.

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.

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

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