Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Mörser und Stößel

    пестик и ступаpestik i stupa

Examples

6 sentences
  1. She lost her mortar and pestle.

    ruОна потеряла свою ступку и пестик. — RusVictoric1993

  2. The mortar and pestle always go together.

  3. She ground them up with a mortar and pestle.

  4. For a more authentic texture, use a mortar and pestle instead of a blender.

  5. I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder:
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