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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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Examples
Using a mortar and pestle, grind the spikenard, peppercorns, costmary and cloves together.
The samples were cut repeatedly with scissors and then ground to a fine dust with an agate mortar and pestle.
In a mortar and pestle we ground up mint leaves from the garden with brown sugar.
Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and chili pepper with olive oil to form a rough paste.
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.
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.

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