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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
mortar
n 1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that
fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn:
mortar, howitzer, trench mortar]
2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
3: a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and
mixed with a pestle
v 1: plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mortar \Mor"tar\, v. t.
To plaster or make fast with mortar.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [F. mortier. See Mortar a vessel.]
A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] mortarboard
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [OE. morter, AS. mort[=e]re, 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.
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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[deg], and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance
in shape to the utensil above described.
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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.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [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.
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Mortar bed, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is
mixed.
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6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Mortar
(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14);
also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. 'aphar,
usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building
(Lev. 14:42, 45).
Mortar for pulverizing (Prov. 27:22) grain or other substances
by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the
wilderness for pounding the manna (Num. 11:8). It is commonly
used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which
the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.
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Thesaurus Results for mortar:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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