mortier — meaning in English

English meaning

• cap noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
• mortar noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.

Senses

mortier is used for these senses in English:

• cap An academic mortarboard.

cap — full definition

1. noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
2. noun A cover or seal that fits over the top or end of something to protect or close it.
3. noun An upper limit set on an amount, price, or quantity.
4. noun Informal: an exaggeration or outright lie.
5. verb To put a cover on something, or to set an upper limit on it.

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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