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Mortar and pestle

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, mortar and pestle means: A bowl and a heavy handheld tool used together to crush or grind ingredients.

In Turkish: havan ve havan tokmağı

How it is used

The mortar is the bowl and the pestle is the crushing tool.

Example sentences

  1. Crush the spices with a mortar and pestle.

    Pressure from the pestle breaks ingredients against the bowl.

  2. They made the garlic paste with a mortar and pestle.

    The pair can turn ingredients into a paste as well as powder.

Common collocations

  • stone mortar and pestle
  • grind with a mortar and pestle
  • seasonTo add salt, pepper or other flavourings to food to improve its taste. Well seasoned means the salt and flavour are at the right level.
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.

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