Noun: mortar mor-tu(r)
- 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"
- 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"
- 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
Derived forms: mortars, mortaring, mortared
Type of: building material, daub, high-angle gun, plaster, vessel
Encyclopedia: Mortar, Bihar