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mortar

/ˈmoɹtɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Mortar means: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range.

Synonyms for mortar4

noun, as in a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

howitzer, trench mortar

also used for mortar

mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar

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What does mortar mean?4

noun

1

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

2

used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

3

a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

verb

1

plaster with mortar“mortar the wall”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mortar?8

three syllables

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Mortar in a sentence

  • For a more authentic texture, use a mortar and pestle instead of a blender.Lumi
  • We can build a wall with bricks and mortar.marco87
  • I prefer to shop at brick-and-mortar stores.Hybrid
  • The chimney needs repointing; the mortar between the bricks has eroded.sundown
  • She ground them up with a mortar and pestle.bitchoftheseus
  • Grind the cloves in a pepper mill or mortar.sundown
  • At least three children were injured in a mortar attack on Monday.CK
  • A barrage of rockets and mortars rained down on the Moroccan outpost.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mortar

as a noun

plural
mortars

as a verb

past tense
mortared
present participle
mortaring
third-person singular
mortars
past participle
mortared