Mortar

[Mor·tar]

A mortar is a bowl shaped container that you can grind things in using a pestle. You probably buy your spices pre ground at the store, but if you wanted to be old school, you could grind them yourself with a mortar and pestle.

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A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

Noun
a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Noun
a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

Noun
used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

Verb
plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"

n.
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

n.
A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45¡, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.

n.
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.

v. t.
To plaster or make fast with mortar.

n.
A chamber lamp or light.

Mortar

Mor"tar , n. [OE. morter, AS. mort'c7re, 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. 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°, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar. -- Mortar boat ∨ 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.

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. Mortar bed, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed. -- Mortar board. (a) A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang]

Mortar

Mor"tar, v. t. To plaster or make fast with mortar.

Mortar

Mor"tar , n. [F. mortier. See Mortar a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

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.

To plaster or make fast with mortar.

A chamber lamp or light.

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Usage Examples

All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the amazing gleaming Balloon Dog, and the cast-iron re-creation of a Civil War mortar exhibited last month at the Armory - has simultaneously flaunted extreme realism, idealism, and fantasy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.