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What (who) is Mortar - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Mortars; Mortar (disambiguation)
mortar
mortar1
¦ noun
1. a short smooth-bore gun for firing bombs at high angles.
2. a cup-shaped receptacle in which ingredients are crushed or ground in cooking or pharmacy.
¦ verb attack or bombard with bombs fired from a mortar.
Origin
OE, from OFr. mortier, from L. mortarium.
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mortar2
¦ noun a mixture of lime with cement, sand, and water, used in building to bond bricks or stones.
¦ verb fix or join using mortar.
Derivatives
mortarless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. mortier, from L. mortarium, prob. a transferred sense of the word denoting a container (see mortar1).
mortar
n.
1.
Piece of ordnance for throwing bombs, mortar-piece.
2.
Cement.
mortar
n.
type of cannon
1) a trench mortar
bowl
2) a mortar and pestle
Wikipedia
Mortar
Mortar may refer to:
- Mortar (weapon), an indirect-fire infantry weapon
- Mortar (masonry), a material used to fill the gaps between blocks and bind them together
- Mortar and pestle, a tool pair used to crush or grind
- Mortar, Bihar, a village in India
- Mortar (organization), a nonprofit in Cincinnati, Ohio
- The Manby mortar, an invention for rescuing shipwreck survivors
Examples of use of Mortar
1. "We were pounded with mortar, mortar, mortar," the Fatah fighter, who only gave his first name, Amjad, said, breathing heavily.
2. "We were pounded with mortar, mortar, mortar," said the gunman, who only gave his first name, Amjad.
3. The prosecution had alleged that they could have been used as a mortar bung or to clean a mortar tube.
4. The Israeli military said it targeted a mortar launcher and a vehicle carrying mortar shells near Khan Younis.
5. They started receiving mortar rounds fairly regularly.