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mortér — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mortar noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.

Senses

mortér is used for these senses in English:

  • mortar and pestle A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.

mortar — full definition

  1. noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.
  2. noun A small bowl used with a pestle to crush or grind ingredients.
  3. noun A short-barreled weapon that fires shells high into the air to hit targets at a steep angle.
  4. verb To attack a target by firing mortar shells at it.

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