mortar and pestle

Noun

 * 1) A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.

Usage notes

 * Used with both singular and plural verbs.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 研缽和研杵, 杵臼, 磨缽, 搗藥盅
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pistilo kaj pistujo
 * Finnish:
 * French: mortier et pilon
 * German: Mörser und Stößel
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: lesung dan alu
 * Malay: lesung dan alu
 * Marathi: खलबत्ता
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: mojar cu pistil
 * Russian: пестик и ступа
 * Spanish: