Meaning of "mortar"

mortar •

n.
• • 1. a device for pounding rice or corn: lusong
  • 2. a bowl made of stone in which substances may be pounded: almires
  • 3. a kind of weapon: mortar, maikling kanyon

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trowel

n.
• • 1. a tool for taking up plants: dulos, trowel
  • 2. a tool for spreading or smoothing plaster or mortar: kutsara, trowel

pound

n.
• • 1. pound, a measure of weight equal to
  • 16. ounces: libra
  • 2. pound

n.
• • an enclosed place to put stray animals in: kulungan a pen: koral.
  • 3. pound

n.
• • a heavy blow, or its sound: kalampag, kabog, kalantog, kalabog, katok na malakas

v.
• • 1. to strike or beat heavily again and again: kumalampag, kalampagin, pumukpok, pukpukin
  • 2. to crush grain in a mortar with a pestle: magbayo, bumayo, bayuhin, magdikdik, dikdikin
  • 3. to crush to powder by beating: magdurog, durugin
  • 4. to strike (pound) with the fist: sumuntok, suntukin

grind

v.
• • 1. to crush into bits: gumiling, gilingin
  • 2. to crush into powder, pulverize: magdurog, dumurog, durugin
  • 3. to pound and crush in a mortar: magdikdik, dumikdik, dikdikin, magbayo, bumayo, bayuhin
  • 4. to sharpen or make smooth by rubbing on something rough: maghasa, ihasa
  • 5. to rub harshly (on, into, against or together): magkiskis, kiskisin, ikiskis
  • 6. to rub (grind) the teeth together: mangalit, pangalitin

almires

n.
• • a small stone mortar

lusong

n.
• • mortar (for pounding rice)