pilão — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
pilão is used for these senses in English:
- mortar (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- mortar and pestle 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.
- pestle A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
mortar — full definition
- noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.
- noun A small bowl used with a pestle to crush or grind ingredients.
- noun A short-barreled weapon that fires shells high into the air to hit targets at a steep angle.
- verb To attack a target by firing mortar shells at it.
pestle — full definition
- noun A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- noun A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
- noun The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.