About The Word Mortar
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Mortar
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What's The Definition Of Mortar?
[n] a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
[n] a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle [n] used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall [v] plaster with mortar Synonyms | Synonyms for Mortar: howitzer | trench mortar Related Terms | Find terms related to Mortar: adobe | aim at | alembic | anvil | ashlar | barrage | blast | blitz | bombard | brick | bricks and mortar | caldron | cannon | cannonade | cement | clinker | commence firing | concrete | covering materials | crucible | enfilade | engine | ferroconcrete | fire a volley | fire at | fire upon | firebrick | flag | flagstone | flooring | fusillade | grout | lath and plaster | lathe | machine | masonry | mastic | melting pot | motor | open fire | open up on | parget | pavement | paving | paving material | pepper | plaster | plasters | pop at | prestressed concrete | rake | retort | roofage | roofing | roughcast | shell | shoot | shoot at | siding | snipe | snipe at | stone | strafe | stucco | take aim at | test tube | tile | tiling | torpedo | transducer | transformer | walling | zero in on See Also | building material | cement | daub | high-angle gun | plaster | vessel Mortar In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"tar\, n. [OE. morter, AS. mort[=e]re, L. mortarium:
cf. F. mortier mortar. Cf. sense 2 (below), also 2d {Mortar},
{Martel}, {Morter}.]
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).]
(Mil.) 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} (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably
hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a
mortar.
{Mortar boat} or {vessel} (Naut.), a boat strongly built and
adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a
bomb ketch.
{Mortar piece}, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Mor"tar\, n. [OE. mortier, F. mortier, L. mortarium mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made, a mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st {Mortar}.] (Arch.) 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. {Mortar bed}, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed. {Mortar board}. (a) A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang] \Mor"tar\, v. t. To plaster or make fast with mortar. \Mor"tar\, n. [F. mortier. See {Mortar} a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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