mortar

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   plaster with mortar

   mortar the wall

2. 2
   noun

   A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

   The holy hearth! If any earthly and material thing, or rather a divine idea embodied in brick and mortar, might be supposed to possess the permanence of moral truth, it was this.

3. 3
   verb

   To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).

   The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

7. 7
   noun

   A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

8. 8
   noun

   A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.

Etymology

From Middle English morter, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortarium.