mortar (n.)

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

    [ Syn: howitzer , trench mortar ]

  2. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

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

    mortar (v.)

  1. plaster with mortar; mortar the wall'

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