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Definition of Mortar

1. Verb. Plaster with mortar. "Mortar the wall"

2. Noun. A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range.

3. Noun. Used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall.

4. Noun. A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle.

Definition of Mortar

1. n. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

2. n. A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.

3. v. t. To plaster or make fast with mortar.

4. n. A chamber lamp or light.

Definition of Mortar

1. Noun. A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones. ¹

2. Noun. (countable military) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers. ¹

3. Noun. A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle. ¹

4. Verb. To use mortar or plaster to join two things together. ¹

5. Verb. To fire a mortar (weapon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mortar

1. to secure with mortar (a type of cement) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Mortar

1. 1. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle. 2. [F. Mortier, fr. L. Mortarium mortar (for trituarating). A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc, at high angles of elevation, as 45 deg, and even higher; so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. Mortar bed, a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch. Mortar piece, a mortar. Origin: OE. Morter, AS. Mortere, L. Mortarium: cf. F. Mortier mortar. Cf. Sense 2 (below), also 2d Mortar, Martel, Morter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortar

mortal sin mortal sins mortalitie mortalities mortality mortality rate mortality table mortalize mortalized mortalizes

mortalizing mortall mortally mortalness mortals mortar (current term) mortar fire mortar kidney mortarboard mortarboards

mortared mortaria mortaring mortarium mortarless mortarlike mortarman mortarmen mortars mortary

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