Found 3 items, similar to Mortar.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: mortar
cobek, mortir, senjata lengkung
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mortar
mortar
n 1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that
fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn:
howitzer,
trench mortar]
2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
3: a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and
mixed with a pestle
v : plaster with mortar;
“mortar the wall”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mortar
Mortar
\Mor"tar\, n. [OE. morter, AS. mort[=e]re, L. mortarium:
cf. F. mortier mortar. Cf. sense 2 (below), also 2d
Mortar,
Martel,
Morter.]
1. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in
which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
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2. [F. mortier, fr. L. mortarium mortar (for trituarating).]
(Mil.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs,
carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as
45[deg], and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance
in shape to the utensil above described.
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Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably
hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a
mortar.
Mortar boat or
Mortar vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly
built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for
bombarding; a bomb ketch.
Mortar piece, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Mortar
\Mor"tar\, n. [OE. mortier, F. mortier, L. mortarium
mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made, a
mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st
Mortar.] (Arch.)
A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster
of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; --
used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for
plastering, and in other ways.
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Mortar bed, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is
mixed.
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Mortar
\Mor"tar\, v. t.
To plaster or make fast with mortar.
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Mortar
\Mor"tar\, n. [F. mortier. See
Mortar a vessel.]
A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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