What's that thing called to crush herbs?!
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Pestle and mortar are what they're called. The mortar is the bowl, and people use them today, particularly for grinding spices and herbs (as you said). They were originally used for grinding medicines, and can be made out of many different materials.
A good site for info. about them is Wikepedia (as usual!).
I'm presuming your talking about the little bowl with the thing inside it for crushing.
Its called a Pestle & Mortar.
The pestle is the crusher, the mortar is the small bowl.
Mortar(bowl) & Pestle (crusher) - phallic shaped !!
Used in apothecaries by druggists!!!
www.fantes.com/mortar-pestle.html
mortar and pestle. Its made of like ceramics or something. They sound horrible but its kind of fun to grind herbs in haha :S and yea they are still used
Pestle and mortar, they are still used in the kitchen today.
mortar and pestle