mortar
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From Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium.
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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 either a rifled or smooth bore. It usually has a shorter range than a howitzer, employs a higher angle of fire, and has a tube with a length of 10 to 20 calibers. See also gun; howitzer. JP-1-02.
- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
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mixture of lime or cement, sand and water
short large-bore cannon
vessel used to grind ingredients
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to 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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mortar
- To die.