mortar and pestle
Bowl and pounder
A mortar and pestle is a pair of tools used for grinding and crushing substances.
The mortar is a bowl, the pestle a club-shaped implement held in the hand and pressed against the mortar's interior.
Used for millennia in cooking and pharmacy to pulverize spices, herbs, and medicines: She ground the cumin seeds with a mortar and pestle.
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- spice blendCombined culinary aromatics
- curry powderGround spice mixture
crushing · herbs · herb paste · pesto sauce · stone bowl · ceramic · ethnobotany · alchemy · whisk · rolling pin · compounding · folk medicine · roller · ladle · sieve · bowl · kitchen tool · spatula
- vintage kitchenwaremixing bowl, mixing bowls, rolling pin, wooden spoon, cast iron skillet
- grindersgrinder, angle grinder, bench grinder, burr grinder, coffee grinder
- alchemy equipmentalembic, crucible, cucurbit, pelican, retort
- kitchenwarepot, pan, pots, pans, knife
- kitchen historyhearth, wood stove, cast iron, ice box, refrigerator
- kitchen toolsknife, fork, spoon, spatula, whisk
grinding mechanism
mortar and pestleelectric grinder
Motorized device for pulverizing
food processor · blender · spice grinder · coffee grinder · Vitamix