The Emergence Machine

Mortar And Pestle

physical · Culinary · Level 13 · E9

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Emergence definition

A mortar and pestle is a kitchen tool consisting of a bowl-shaped container and a club-shaped grinding tool used to break down and mix spices, herbs, and other food ingredients through mechanical energy transfer, which emerges from the combination of mortar, which requires a material and a shape, and grinding, which involves the use of a tool to remove material from a workpiece.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “mortar and pestle” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
mortar and pestle
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L6L2L1L0Mortar And PestleMortarCementLimestoneCeramicFoodGrindingLight… intermediate l…DurationEnvironmentForceFormActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMortar And PestleL13GrindingL6MortarL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Grinding L6 (requires)
    A mortar and pestle is a kitchen tool consisting of a bowl-shaped container and a club-shaped grinding tool used to break down and mix spices, herbs, and other food ingredients through mechanical energy transfer.
  • Mortar L12 (requires)
    A mortar and pestle is a kitchen tool consisting of a bowl-shaped container and a club-shaped grinding tool used to break down and mix spices, herbs, and other food ingredients through mechanical energy transfer.