1. A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water that sets firmly; used for bonding bricks and stones of building
   "The mason carefully applied mortar between each brick"
    
2. A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
   "The pharmacist used a mortar and pestle to grind the herbs"
    
3. A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
   "The artillery unit positioned the mortar on the hilltop";
   - howitzer, trench mortar

1. (masonry) plaster with mortar
   "mortar the wall"

Derived forms: mortars, mortaring, mortared

Type of: building material, daub, high-angle gun, plaster, vessel

Encyclopedia: Mortar, Bihar