mortar

Meanings

Plural: mortars

Noun

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
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.
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.
In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.

Verb

plaster with mortar
- "mortar the wall"
To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
To pound in a mortar.
To fire a mortar (weapon).
To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English morter, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortarium.

Synonyms

howitzer, mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar, trench mortar

Scrabble Score: 8

mortar is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mortar is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mortar is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

mortar is a valid Words With Friends word