Mortar Definition & Meaning
mortar
- noun
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- verb
- plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
"Mortar" in song lyrics
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"The water ain't safe, the land's made of mortar"
Aesop Rock — Water -
"A brick by brick builder I learned to mix mortar"
Dilated Peoples — Expanding Man -
"Nurses comfort seven-year-old casualties of mortar"
Hilltop Hoods — Walk On
Words that rhyme with mortar
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- What does mortar mean?
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
- What part of speech is mortar?
- Mortar is a noun and a verb.
- How many definitions does mortar have?
- Mortar has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (noun, verb).