I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.
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Pestle
//ˈpɛsəl//
Synonyms for "pestle" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
165 translations across 106 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- alèe noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Afrikaans
1 entries- stamper noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Akkadian
2 entries- 𒄑𒃶𒈾 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- 𒈠𒁖𒆪 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Aklanon
1 entries- hae-o noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- δοῖδυξ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ναγεύς noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ὕπερος noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Arabic
3 entries- دَسْتَج noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- مِدَقَّة noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- يَد noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Aramaic
4 entries- אוּרְדּ֧כָא noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- בוכנה noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ܒܘܽܟܳܢܳܐ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ܕܳܩܘܿܩܳܐ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Armenian
4 entries- սանդաթակ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- սանդաթակի noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- սանդակոթ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- սանդիտոռ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- həvəng dəstəsi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Belarusian
1 entries- пе́сцік noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Bikol Central
1 entries- halo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бия́ло noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- пе́стик noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- тлъ́чник noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- тлъчо́к noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျည်ပွေ့ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Catalan
2 entries- maça noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- mà de morter noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Cebuano
1 entries- alho noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- دەساوان noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- دەسکاوِنگ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- دەسکەوان noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Chinese
1 entries- 研槌 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 碓 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- texōlōtl noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Czech
1 entries- palička noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Danish
2 entries- pistil noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- støder noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Dutch
1 entries- stamper noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Estonian
1 entries- uhmrinui noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Faroese
1 entries- stoytil noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Finnish
2 entries- petkel noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- survin noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
French
1 entries- pilon noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Friulian
2 entries- pestadôr noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- pestel noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Fula
1 entries- undugal noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Galician
1 entries- mazarelo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
German
3 entries- Mörserkeule noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- Stampfer noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- Stößel noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Greek
1 entries- γουδοχέρι noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Gujarati
1 entries- દસ્તો noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kuʻi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Hebrew
2 entries- מָדוֹךְ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- עֱלִי noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Higaonon
1 entries- hal-u noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- hal-u noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Hungarian
1 entries- mozsártörő noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ibanag
1 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Icelandic
1 entries- stautur noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ilocano
1 entries- alo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Indonesian
2 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- antan noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ingrian
1 entries- petel noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Irish
1 entries- tuairgnín noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Isnag
1 entries- allo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Italian
1 entries- pestello noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Japanese
2 entries- 擂り粉木 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- 杵 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Javanese
1 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Kazakh
1 entries- келсап noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- mâi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Khmer
1 entries- អង្រែ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Korean
3 entries- 막자 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- 방앗공이 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- 절굿공이 noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Lango (Uganda)
1 entries- alek noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Lao
1 entries- ສາກ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Latin
1 entries- pistillum noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Lombard
1 entries- pestón noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- pěsta noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- tłucnik noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Lü
1 entries- ᦉᦱᧅ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Macanese
1 entries- pilám noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Macedonian
1 entries- толчник noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Maguindanao
1 entries- endu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Makasar
1 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Malay
3 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- pengentak noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- perosak noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Mansaka
1 entries- aro noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Maranao
1 entries- ndo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Marathi
1 entries- बत्ता noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Mongolian
1 entries- нүдүүр noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Māori
4 entries- kuru noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- morenga noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ngahiri noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- paoi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩈᩣ᩠ᨠ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- pistill noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- støter noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- pistill noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- støytar noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Old Armenian
1 entries- տոռն noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Old Javanese
1 entries- antan noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Omaha-Ponca
1 entries- wéhe noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Oromo
1 entries- bokotumaa noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طوقماق noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Persian
3 entries- دسته هاون noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- یانه noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- یاور noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Phake
1 entries- ꩬ︀က︀် noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Polish
1 entries- tłuczek noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Portuguese
1 entries- pilão noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Romagnol
1 entries- pilôn noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Romanian
1 entries- pistil noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Russian
3 entries- пе́стик noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- пест noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- толка́ч noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Saho
1 entries- maataka noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Scots
1 entries- champer noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- plocan noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- túčak noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- ту́чак noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Shan
1 entries- သၢၵ်ႇ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Spanish
4 entries- machaca noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- machacadera noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- macilla noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- maja noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Sundanese
1 entries- halu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Swahili
1 entries- mchi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Swedish
2 entries- mortelstöt noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- pistill noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tagalog
4 entries- halo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- pambayo noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- pandikdik noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- panligis noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪎꪱꪀ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tamil
2 entries- உலக்கை noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- குழவி noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tarifit
2 entries- azduz noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- idiydi noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tausug
1 entries- halu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tetum
1 entries- alu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Thai
1 entries- สาก noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Tigre
1 entries- መግድኢ noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Turkish
1 entries- tokmak noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пе́стик noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chày noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Welsh
1 entries- pestl noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- andu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Yakan
1 entries- hellu noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Yoruba
1 entries- ọmọdó noun (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.
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The mortar and pestle always go together.
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The best olive oil was produced by crushing olives in a mortar with a pestle.
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