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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortar and pestle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
mor-tar and pes-tle
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

mortars and pestles (plural) pestle and mortar (alternative)

Synonyms

mortar

Questions

What does mortar and pestle mean?
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.

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