muller
Flat-bottomed grinder
A muller is a flat-bottomed stone or tool used for grinding pigments, drugs, or other substances on a slab.
Artists use mullers to prepare paints by grinding dry pigment into oil or other binders: She worked the pigment with a glass muller until the color was smooth.
The word also appears in industrial contexts for grinding or pulverizing machinery. (Capitalized Muller is a surname.)
pestle
Bowl's crushing companion
slab · apothecary · pulverize · granulate · powder · lapping · grit · abrasion · polishing · emery
- grindersgrinder, angle grinder, bench grinder, burr grinder, coffee grinder
- stone millsmillstone, grindstone, quern, metate, handstone
- Aboriginal artifactsboomerang, boomerangs, didgeridoo, didgeridoos, spear thrower
grinding/crushing function
mullermold
Form-giving container
form · assembler · mixer · binder · applicator
- mulling overThinking carefully about
- mulled wineSpiced, heated red drink
- mulled it over
- mulled overThought about carefully
- mulling spices
- mulled ciderHeated, spiced apple beverage