Cooking utensil for grinding spices or herbs.

Traditional mortar and pestle in Latin cuisine.

Tool used to prepare pastes or sauces.

Device for crushing ingredients into a fine texture.

Symbol of labor-intensive food preparation methods.

Vessel often made from wood, stone, or ceramic.

To pound or crush ingredients using a mortar and pestle.

To press down on something forcefully.

To shape dough by flattening it with pressure.

To combine substances through vigorous mixing or grinding.

To break apart material into smaller pieces deliberately.