mortars

Meanings

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
• plural of mortar

Verb

• plaster with mortar
• third-person singular simple present indicative of mortar

Synonyms

howitzer, mortar, trench mortar