mortar

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

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)/

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mortar (countable and uncountable, plural mortars)

1. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
2. (countable) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
3. (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

• mortarboard

mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)

1. (transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
2. (transitive) To pound in a mortar.
3. To fire a mortar (weapon).

• bricks and mortar

• gun
• howitzer

• marrot

Derived from morto +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /mɔrˈtar/

mortar (present mortas, past mortis, future mortos, conditional mortus, imperative mortez)

1. (intransitive, literally and figuratively) to die, cease to live, cease to be, depart this life
2. (intransitive) to go out (of fire, lights, etc.)
3. (intransitive) to come to an end (of movement)

mortar

1. Alternative form of morter

mortar m

1. indefinite plural of mort

Borrowed from Latin mortārium (19th century).

mortar n (uncountable)

1. mortar (construction material)

• mortier
• mojar