- מכתשת
- מַכְתֶּשֶׁתf. (preced.) 1) mortar. B. Bath.IV, 3 המ׳ הקבועה the stationary mortar in the house. Ib. 65b; Tosaf. ib. III, 1 המ׳ חקוקה a mortar hewn out of a rock in the house. Taan.28a; a. fr. 2) cavity. Tosef.Nidd.VIII, 6; Nidd.61a מ׳ מלאה עצמות a hole in the ground full of bones.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
