mortar
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)
- (UK) IPA: /ˈmɔːtɘ(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /"mO:t@(r)/
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[edit] Noun
mortar (countable and uncountable; plural mortars)
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones.
- (countable, military) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers.
- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
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[edit] Translations
mixture of lime or cement, sand and water
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short large-bore cannon
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vessel used to grind ingredients
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[edit] Verb
mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)
- To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
- To fire a mortar (weapon)
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[edit] Verb
mortar (present tense mortas, past tense mortis, future tense mortos, imperative mortez, conditional mortus)
- to die
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of mortar
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present | past | future |
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| tense | mortas | mortis | mortos |
| perfect | mortabis | mortabos | |
| infinitive | mortar | mortir | mortor |
| active participle | mortanta | mortinta | mortonta |
| nominal active participle | mortanto pl. mortanti |
mortinto pl. mortinti |
mortonto pl. mortonti |
| adverbial active participle | mortante | mortinte | mortonte |
| imperative | mortez | mortabez | |
| conditional | mortus | mortabus |
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin mortārium.
[edit] Noun
mortar n.
- mortar (construction material)
