mortar and pestle

mortar and pestle noun: 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.

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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.

Synonyms:

mortar

mortar and pestle meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi

mortar and pestle in Tamil

உரலும் உலக்கையும், கல்வமும் குழவியும்

mortar and pestle in Marathi

device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder: खलबत्ता khalbattā

mortar and pestle in Bengali

mortar and pestle: হামানদিস্তা hamandista

mortar and pestle in Punjabi

mortar and pestle: ਡੰਡਾ ਕੂੰਡਾ ḍaṇḍā kūṇḍā

More languagesFewer languages

mortar and pestle in Gujarati: ખલબત્તો khalbatto
mortar and pestle in Malay: lesung dan alu
mortar and pestle in Indonesian: lesung dan alu, cobek dan ulekan
mortar and pestle in Vietnamese: chày cối

Synonyms of mortar and pestle

mortar

Forms of mortar and pestle

plural	mortars and pestles
alternative form	pestle and mortar

Questions about mortar and pestle

What does mortar and pestle mean?: Mortar and pestle means 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.
What is mortar and pestle in Tamil?: Mortar and pestle in Tamil is உரலும் உலக்கையும், கல்வமும் குழவியும். See Mortar and pestle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mortar and pestle?: Mortar and pestle is a noun.
What is the plural of mortar and pestle?: The plural of mortar and pestle is mortars and pestles.

Words near mortar and pestle in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: mortar and pestle (page history and authors); mortar and pestle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); হামানদিস্তা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਡੰਡਾ ਕੂੰਡਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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