What does "mortar" mean?

A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

What is a synonym for "mortar"?

Common synonyms include: adobe, aim at, alembic, anvil, ashlar, barrage.

//ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. uncountable
"The holy hearth! If any earthly and material thing, or rather a divine idea embodied in brick and mortar, might be supposed to possess the permanence of moral truth, it was this."
2
a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range wordnet
3
A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle. countable
4
a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle wordnet
5
A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories. countable, historical

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used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall wordnet
7
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. countable
8
In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered. countable

Verb

1
To use mortar or plaster to join two things together. transitive
2
plaster with mortar wordnet
3
To pound in a mortar. transitive
4
To fire a mortar (weapon).
5
To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).
"The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night."