Mortar | Mean of mortar in English Dictionary
/ˈmoɚtɚ/
- Noun
- a heavy, deep bowl in which seeds, spices, etc., are pounded or crushed with a heavy tool (called a pestle)
- a military weapon used to fire shells (sense 5a) high into the air at a low speed
- fire/shoot a mortar
- The soldiers came under mortar fire.
- a mortar attack
- a wet substance that is spread between bricks or stones and that holds them together when it hardens
- seal the joints with mortar
