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- [mawr-ter]
- /ˈmɔr tər/
- /ˈmɔː.tər/
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- [mawr-ter]
- /ˈmɔr tər/
Definitions of mortar word
- noun mortar a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc. 1
- noun mortar any of various materials or compounds for bonding together bricks, stones, etc.: Bitumen was used as a mortar. 1
- verb with object mortar to plaster or fix with mortar. 1
- noun mortar A cup -shaped receptacle made of hard material, in which ingredients are crushed or ground, used especially in cooking or pharmacy. 1
- noun mortar for bricks 1
- noun mortar grinding bowl 1
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Origin of mortar
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English, Old English mortere and Old French mortier < Latin mortārium; (defs 3, 4) translation of French mortier < Latin, as above; see -ar2
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Parts of speech for Mortar
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mortar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mortar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mortar
noun mortar
- ordnance — cannon or artillery.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
verb mortar
- seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- weld — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
Antonyms for mortar
verb mortar
- loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- release — to lease again.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
Top questions with mortar
- what is mortar?
- what is a mortar?
- how to mix mortar?
- how to make a mortar?
- how to clean mortar and pestle?
- how long does mortar take to set?
- what does mortar mean?
- what is brick and mortar?
- how to clean mortar off brick?
- how to remove mortar from brick?
- how to make mortar?
- what is a mortar and pestle?
- how does a mortar work?
- what is a brick and mortar store?
- what does brick and mortar mean?
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