mortar, howitzer, trench mortar
(noun) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
mortar
(noun) a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
mortar
(noun) used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
mortar
(verb) plaster with mortar; “mortar the wall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mortar (countable and uncountable, plural mortars)
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
(countable) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)
(transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
(transitive) To pound in a mortar.
To fire a mortar (weapon).
• marrot
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"tar, n. Etym: [OE. morter, AS. mortere, 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. Etym: [F. mortier, fr. L. mortarium mortar (for trituarating).] (Mil.)
Definition: A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45º, 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. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: To plaster or make fast with mortar.
Mor"tar, n. Etym: [F. mortier. See Mortar a vessel.]
Definition: A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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