Mortar - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɔːrtər|
Brit.
|ˈmɔːtə|
noun
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range (syn: howitzer)
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
verb
- plaster with mortar
mortar the wall
Extra examples
A cameraman was killed when his vehicle came under mortar fire.
...the mortar slowly concreted in the mold...
Mortar hardens by drying.
The barley for soup was pearled in a large wooden mortar.
You'll need a pestle and mortar to grind the spices.
The whole of the work is to be flushed up with mortar or cement.
Word forms
noun
singular: mortar
plural: mortars
singular: mortar
plural: mortars
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