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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- grind the spices in a mortar
- mash the garlic
• Syn:
grind, mash, crunch, bray
• Derivationally related forms:
crunch (for: crunch), mash (for: mash), masher (for: mash), grind (for: grind), grinder (for: grind), grinding (for: grind)
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Hyponyms:
pulp, pestle, mill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  grind, mash, crunch, bray