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Webster 1913 Edition
Mortar
Mor′tar
,Noun.
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°, 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
Mortar 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
,Noun.
[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.
Mor′tar
,Verb.
T.
To plaster or make fast with mortar.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mortar
MOR'TAR
,Noun.
1.
A vessel of wood or metal in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or bruised with a pestle.2.
A short piece of ordnance, thick and wide, used for throwing bombs, carcasses,shells, &c.; so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.MOR'TAR
,Noun.
Mort d'ancestor. In law, a writ of assize, by which a demandant recovers possession of an estate from which he has been ousted, on the death of his ancestor.
Definition 2024
mortar
mortar
English
Mortar and pestle.
Noun
mortar (countable and uncountable, plural mortars)
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- (countable, military) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
mixture of lime or cement, sand and water
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short large-bore cannon
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vessel used to grind ingredients
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Verb
mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)
Related terms
See also
Ido
Verb
mortar (present tense mortas, past tense mortis, future tense mortos, imperative mortez, conditional mortus)
- to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of mortar
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