mortar
A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
Other meanings
A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
Related words
- mortarboard
- air mortar
- debris mortar
- brick and mortar
- brick-and-mortar
- bricks-and-mortar
- clicks and mortar
- diamond mortar
- life mortar
- lime mortar
- mortar and pestle
- mortar hoe
Word history
From Latin "mortārium".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mortar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.