mortar
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable)A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- 2.
(countable)A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
Đồng nghĩa: mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar
- 3.
(countable, historical)(countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
- 4.
(countable)(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.
- 5.
(countable)In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
- 2.
(transitive)To pound in a mortar.
- 3.
To fire a mortar (weapon).
- 4.
To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).
The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.
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From Middle English morter, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortārium. mortarium.