MORTAR

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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).

Anagrams

• marrot

Source: Wiktionary

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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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