mortar

See also: mortâr and mörtar

English

 mortar on Wikipedia
Three bricks held together with mortar (sense 1).
A mid-19th century naval mortar (sense 3).
A mid-20th century infantry mortar (sense 4).
Mortar and pestle (sense 2).

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MORTARCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MORTAR morter, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#MORTAR mortier, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#MORTAR mortārium. Doublet of mortariumCategory:English doublets#MORTAR.

Pronunciation

Noun

mortar (countable and uncountable, plural mortars)Category:English lemmas#MORTARCategory:English nouns#MORTARCategory:English uncountable nouns#MORTARCategory:English countable nouns#MORTARCategory:English countable nouns#MORTARCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MORTAR) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
  4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MORTAR) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
    Synonyms: mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar
  5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MORTAR, militaryCategory:en:Military#MORTAR, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#MORTAR) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
  7. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MORTAR, militaryCategory:en:Military#MORTAR) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]
  8. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MORTAR) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)Category:English lemmas#MORTARCategory:English verbs#MORTARCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MORTAR) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MORTAR) To pound in a mortar.
  3. To fire a mortar (weapon).
  4. To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).
    The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.Category:English terms with usage examples#MORTAR

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Category:en:Building materials#MORTARCategory:en:Artillery#MORTARCategory:en:Kitchenware#MORTAR

Ido

Etymology

Derived from morto +‎ -arCategory:Ido terms suffixed with -ar#MORTAR.

Pronunciation

Verb

mortar (present mortas, past mortis, future mortos, conditional mortus, imperative mortez)Category:Ido lemmas#MORTARCategory:Ido verbs#MORTARCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of mortar
present past future
infinitive mortar mortir mortor
tense mortas mortis mortos
conditional mortus — —
imperative mortez — —
adjective active participle mortanta mortinta mortonta
adverbial active participle mortante mortinte mortonte
nominal
active participle		 singular mortanto mortinto mortonto
plural mortanti mortinti mortonti

Indonesian

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Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from English#MORTARCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#MORTAR mortar, from Middle EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle English#MORTAR morter, from Old FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old French#MORTAR mortier, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#MORTAR mortārium. Doublet of mortirCategory:Indonesian doublets#MORTAR.

Pronunciation

Noun

mortar (plural mortar-mortar)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MORTARCategory:Indonesian nouns#MORTARCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  1. mortar,
    1. a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks
      Synonym: spesi
    2. a hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle
      Synonym: lumpang

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

mortarCategory:Middle English alternative forms#MORTARCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  1. alternative form of morter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mortar mCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#MORTARCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#MORTARCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  1. indefinite plural of mort

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#MORTARCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#MORTAR mortārium (19th century). Doublet of mortierCategory:Romanian doublets#MORTAR.

Pronunciation

Noun

mortar n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#MORTARCategory:Romanian nouns#MORTARCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#MORTARCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#MORTARCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#MORTARCategory:Pages with entries#MORTARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#MORTAR

  1. mortar (construction material)

Declension

Further reading

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