บด
grind
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This word describes breaking something down into smaller pieces, powder, or paste by applying pressure or friction. It is commonly used for food, coffee beans, medicine, and raw materials.
grind、crush、pulverize
To reduce something to small pieces, powder, or paste through pressure or friction. It can also describe teeth grinding food.
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บดกาแฟ bòt kaafɛɛ grind coffee beans บดกาแฟ details
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บดพริกให้ละเอียด bòt phrík hây láìat grind the chilies finely บดพริกให้ละเอียด details
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ฟันกรามใช้บดอาหาร fan kraam cháy bòt aahǎan Molars are used to grind food. ฟันกรามใช้บดอาหาร details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is applying pressure or friction until something loses its original form and becomes finer. บดละเอียด means to grind finely, while บดหยาบ means to grind coarsely. After a noun, บด can describe a processed state, as in หมูบด “ground pork” and กาแฟบด “ground coffee.” In construction, the compound บดอัด means to compact material such as soil.
Usage
It is common in cooking when grinding spices or coffee beans and when making ground meat. It is also used for crushing medicine or industrial materials, describing how molars grind food, and discussing soil compaction in construction.
Caution
Use สับ for chopping with a knife and ปั่น for blending with rapidly rotating blades. Also learn บดบัง “to obscure” and บดขยี้ “to crush completely; overwhelm” as separate compounds rather than treating those meanings as ordinary uses of บด by itself.
Differences from similar words
1 grind synonyms
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ตำ usually means pounding ingredients, especially with a mortar and pestle. บด is broader and focuses on reducing something through pressure or friction, regardless of the tool.
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โขลก specifically suggests repeatedly pounding ingredients in a mortar. บด covers grinding, crushing, and pulverizing more generally.