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What is a mortar and pestle?

What is a mortar and pestle? Here are some definitions.

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.
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In Africa, fufu is made by boiling plantain, cassava, or rice, and then pounding it with a large wooden mortar and pestle.
The animal samples were freeze-dried and ground to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle or in a ball mill.
To make the kofta roast the coriander and cumin seeds in a fry pan on the stove and then grind in a mortar and pestle.
To make the anchovy butter, place the anchovy fillets, the teaspoon of butter and the Parmesan in a mortar and pestle and reduce it to a paste.
Using a mortar and pestle, grind the spikenard, peppercorns, costmary and cloves together.
The obsessive artist spent hours hunkered over his mortar and pestle, grinding, grinding, mixing.

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