Mörser — 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
Mörser is used for these senses in English:
- mortar (countable, military) 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.]
mortar — full definition
- noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.
- noun A small bowl used with a pestle to crush or grind ingredients.
- noun A short-barreled weapon that fires shells high into the air to hit targets at a steep angle.
- verb To attack a target by firing mortar shells at it.