Mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle are two tools used with each other to grind and mix substances.

The mortar is a bowl-like vessel used to contain a substance. Mortars have smooth, rounded bottoms and wide mouths. The pestle is a stick used for pounding and grinding.

Mortar and pestles were traditionally used in pharmacies to crush various ingredients prior to preparing an extemporaneous prescription. The mortar and pestle is the most common icon associated with pharmacies. For pharmaceutical use, the mortar and the head of the pestle are usually made of porcelain, while the handle of the pestle is made of wood. Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the profession of compounding and dispensing medication. ... A medical prescription (℞) is a written order by a medical doctor to a pharmacist for a treatment to be provided to the doctors patient. ... The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ...

Mortars are also used in cooking to prepare ingredients, grinding fresh herbs into a powder form. Very large mortars are used with wooden mallets to prepare mochi. A regular sized Japanese mortar and pestle is called suribachi and surikogi. Granite mortars and pestles are used in Southeast Asia for grinding spices. Mochi is a Japanese Food. ... Suribachi (small) and surikogi (medium) with black sesame seeds Suribachi (すり鉢　or 擂鉢, literally: grinding-bowl) and surikogi (すりこぎ or 擂粉木, literally: Grind-Powder-Wood) are a Japanese mortar and pestle. ... Suribachi (small) and surikogi (medium) with black sesame seeds Suribachi (すり鉢　or 擂鉢, literally: grinding-bowl) and surikogi (すりこぎ or 擂粉木, literally: Grind-Powder-Wood) are a Japanese mortar and pestle. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Native American tribes used mortars carved into the bedrock to grind acorns and other nuts. Many of the depressions can be found in their former territories. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... This article is about the seed; for other meanings of the word, especially ACORN community organization, see acorn (disambiguation). ...