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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mortar
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
研缽和研杵 /研钵和研杵
(yánbō hé yánchǔ)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Chinese Mandarin:
杵臼
(chǔjiù)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Chinese Mandarin:
磨缽 /磨钵
(móbō)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Chinese Mandarin:
搗藥盅 /捣药盅
(dǎoyàozhōng)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Danish:
morter
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Dutch:
vijzel
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Esperanto:
pistilo kaj pistujo
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Finnish:
huhmar
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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French:
mortier et pilon
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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German:
Mörser und Stößel
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Gujarati:
ખલબત્તો
(khalbatto)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Hungarian:
mozsár mozsártörővel
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Indonesian:
lesung dan alu
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Indonesian:
cobek dan ulekan
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Kankanaey:
lusong ya al-o
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Malay:
lesung dan alu
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Marathi:
खलबत्ता
(khalbattā)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Polish:
moździerz i tłuczek
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Portuguese:
pilão
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Romanian:
mojar cu pistil
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Russian:
пестик и ступа
(pestik i stupa)
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Spanish:
mortero y machaca
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Spanish:
almirez y maja
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Spanish:
pilón y machacadera
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Spanish:
molcajete y tejolote
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Tausug:
lusung iban hallu
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Turkish:
havan tokmağı
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
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Vietnamese:
chày cối
— device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder
