mortar and pestle
A device made up of a bowl and a heavy, blunt object, the end of which is used for…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.
» She lost her mortar and pestle.
Она потеряла свою ступку и пестик. — RusVictoric1993
bitchoftheseus · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA 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.
Mörser und Stößel
пестик и ступаpestik i stupa
Examples
6 sentencesShe lost her mortar and pestle.
ruОна потеряла свою ступку и пестик. — RusVictoric1993
The mortar and pestle always go together.
She ground them up with a mortar and pestle.
For a more authentic texture, use a mortar and pestle instead of a blender.
I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.