mortar
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- noun
- /ˈmɔrtər/
:
mortero
- Frozen kidney samples were pulverized using liquid nitrogen with a mortar and pestle.
- a mortar and pestle
- use a mortar
- wooden mortar
And I started looking online for one and I found this crazy gigantic mortar and pestle made of marble that was like this big.
- And I started looking online for one and I found this crazy gigantic mortar and pestle made of marble that was like this big.
- Take equal amounts of sulfur, rock salt, ashes, thunderstone and pyrite and pound fine in a black mortar at midday sun.
- You'll say, Julia, have you tried mortar and pestalling the basil, a pesto instead of blending it?
Examples
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There's her famous mortar and pestle.
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There was a kind of stone kitchen cabinet, with a mortar and pestle beneath.
Fiction book (1991) -
You must have a mortar and pestle.
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Then he mixed the mortar in a tin bucket.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's concrete and mortar, bricks and wood, iron railings and glass windows.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now crush the garlic in the mortar with a pinch of salt.
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As these samples were seeds, before analysis they were ground using an agate mortar and pestle.
Academic text (2016) -
Bill, would you like to help me grind some tamarind paste with this pestle and mortar?
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To make the sauce, first, grind the spices in a mortar with a pestle.
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She used a mortar to crush the herbs before adding them to the dish.
Compounds
- Archaic
A short gun that fires shells high into the air over short distances in trench fighting
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Etymology
Mortar (bowl) comes from Latin mortarium, meaning 'bowl for pounding', and is the same bowl in the common pair 'mortar and pestle'. That is why a kitchen or pharmacy mortar is the heavy bowl you use to crush herbs or medicine.