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Mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The mortar (/ˈmɔːrtər/) is characteristically a bowl, typically made of hardwood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone such as granite.

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quern-stone · mill
Uses
crushing · grinding

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Triples102
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related to Food preparation · 18
Mortar and pestle → Aztec, Granite, Hindu, Hispanic Mesoamerican, In India, In Japan, India, It, Japanese, Many, Maya, Mexican, Mortars, Other Native American, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, The, With
related to Gallery · 14
Mortar and pestle → AD, Dutch, EthiopiaTjobek, Greece, Indonesian, IsraelIndian/Punjabi, Khalili Collection, Khurasan, Kundi, Late, MexicoA Lao, Mitmita, Mortar, Nepali
related to Medicine · 9
Mortar and pestle → Asclepius, For, Green Cross, Mortars, Rod, The, This, Today, Wedgwood
related to The mortar and pestle in culture and symbols · 9
Mortar and pestle → BC, Bhagavata Purana, Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, In Indian, Numbers, Old Testament, Proverbs, Samudra Manthan, The
related to Husking and dehulling · 7
Mortar and pestle → In, It, Large, Luzon, Philippines, The, These
related to Material · 7
Mortar and pestle → Also, Good, In, Smooth, The, They, When
see also · 5
Mortar and pestle → Burning Pestle, CupstoneDhekiDolly, KarnatakaThe Knight, Kine, Stone
Related items · 2
Mortar and pestle → mill, quern-stone
Uses · 2
Mortar and pestle → crushing, grinding
is a · 2
Mortar and pestle → boat-shaped bangkang pinawa or bangkang pangpinawa, set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen

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mortar mortars pestle used pestles use stone grinding large made would also material materials wooden crushing rice ingredients wood crush

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Mortar and pestleRelated itemsquern-stone1.00infobox
Mortar and pestleRelated itemsmill1.00infobox
Mortar and pestleUsescrushing1.00infobox
Mortar and pestleUsesgrinding1.00infobox
Mortar and pestleis aset of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen0.90text
Mortar and pestleis aboat-shaped bangkang pinawa or bangkang pangpinawa0.90text
graniteinstance ofor hard stone0.80text
the mojitoinstance ofand certain cocktails0.80text
which requires the gentle crushing of sugarinstance ofand certain cocktails0.80text
iceinstance ofand certain cocktails0.80text
and mint leaves in the glass with a pestle.The invention of mortarsinstance ofand certain cocktails0.80text
pestles seems related to that of quern-stonesinstance ofand certain cocktails0.80text

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