Mortar

//ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "mortar" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
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Related words (42)

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11 relation types

More general

5 entries

Related terms

3 entries

at location

9 entries

derived

21 entries

Showing 16 of 21 words.

has context

2 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

6 entries

manner of

1 entries

receives action

2 entries

related to

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

used for

14 entries

Translations

332 translations across 115 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • mortier noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • vysel noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Ainu

1 entries
  • ニース noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Akkadian

4 entries
  • 𒄑𒄤 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 𒈠𒁖𒆪 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 𒈠𒆹𒌅 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 𒌨𒍮 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • eusong noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θυεία noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ἴγδις noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جرن noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • جُرْن noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • مِلَاط noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • مِهْرَاس noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • almirete noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Aramaic

3 entries
  • ܐܷܣܺܬ݁ܐ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ܡܕܳܟ݂ܬܴܐ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ܡܠܴܛܳܐ noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ականանետ noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • կրաշաղախ noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • հավան noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • հավանգ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Assamese

1 entries
  • খুন্দনা noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Asturian

2 entries
  • morteru noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • morteru noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • həvəng noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • həvəngdəstə noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • киле noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • марці́ра noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • мінамёт noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • раство́р noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • сту́па noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • ओखर noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • минохвърга́чка noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • морти́ра noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • хава́н noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • хороса́н noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Canela

1 entries
  • cahuw noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Catalan

4 entries
  • argamassa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • morter noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • morter noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • morter noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • lusong noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • ئاوان noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ئاوِنگ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ھاوان noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 灰泥 noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • 砂漿 /砂浆 noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • 研缽 /研钵 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 臼 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • mōlcaxitl noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Czech

4 entries
  • hmoždíř noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • malta noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • minomet noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • moždíř noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)

Danish

3 entries
  • morter noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortér noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mørtel noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • duiwo noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Dutch

4 entries
  • mortel noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortier noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortier noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mortier noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mortero noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • pistujo noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Estonian

2 entries
  • miinipilduja noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mört noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Ewe

1 entries
  • to noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heitin noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • huhmar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • kranaatinheitin noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • laasti noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

French

4 entries
  • mortier noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortier noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortier noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mortier noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Friulian

2 entries
  • mortâr noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • pile noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Galician

4 entries
  • almofariz noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • argamasa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • armidés noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • brónica noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კირდუღაბი noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

German

4 entries
  • Granatwerfer noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • Mauermörtel noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • Mörser noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • Mörser noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Greek

2 entries
  • γουδί noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • κονίαμα noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מֶלֶט noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • מכתש noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • מרגמה noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • lusung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ओखली noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • मसाला noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aknavető noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • habarcs noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • malter noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mozsár noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)

Ido

1 entries
  • mortero noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • cobek noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mortar noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mortir noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • hummar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Irish

2 entries
  • moirtéal noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • moirtéar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Italian

4 entries
  • malta noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortaio noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortaio noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mortaio noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Japanese

4 entries
  • すり鉢 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • モルタル noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • 乳鉢 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 擂り鉢 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 방엣혹 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Kanakanabu

1 entries
  • tarikʉra noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • asung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Kayapó

1 entries
  • kawa noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • келі noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thām noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ត្បាល់ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Korean

4 entries
  • 모르타르 noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • 박격포 noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • 방아확 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 유발 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Laki

1 entries
  • ھەوەنگ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປູນ noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Latin

4 entries
  • mortārium noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortārium noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortārium noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • pīsō noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Latvian

3 entries
  • java noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mīnmetējs noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • piesta noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • minosvaidis noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • minosvaidis noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • skiedinys noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • mjeržel noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • а́ван noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ма́лтер noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • минофр́лач noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • минофр́лачка noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • lesung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Malay

1 entries
  • lesung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Maltese

3 entries
  • murtal noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • murtal noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • tajn tat-tikħil noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Maranao

1 entries
  • lesong noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Middle Armenian

2 entries
  • կաղջին noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • հաւան noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • lasuang noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • уур noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Māori

4 entries
  • moatā noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • moatā noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mōtā noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mōtā noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • shino noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Norman

4 entries
  • mortchi noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortchi noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortchi noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mortchi noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • hawin noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • hawin noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bombekaster noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • morter noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mørtel noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • mortar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mortièr noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Old Armenian

4 entries
  • անկան noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • շաղախ noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • սանդ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • տաղախ noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • خرج noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • دیبك noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ملاط noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Pacoh

1 entries
  • tupál noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Persian

3 entries
  • ساروج noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • ملات noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • هاون noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Polish

4 entries
  • moździerz noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • moździerz noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • moździerz noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • stępa noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • almofariz noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • argamassa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • gral noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • massa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Pykobjê

1 entries
  • cahohw noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Rarotongan

1 entries
  • rerunga noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Romanian

4 entries
  • mojar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mortar noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mortier noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mortier noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Russian

4 entries
  • миномёт noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • морти́ра noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • раство́р noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • сту́па noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • maltàgiu noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • martaju noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • moltàgiu noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mortagiu noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • avan noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • malter noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • merzer noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • minobacač noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • murtaru noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Slovak

4 entries
  • malta noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mažiar noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • mažiar noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mínomet noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Slovene

4 entries
  • malta noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • minomet noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • minomet noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • možnar noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)

Southern Kurdish

2 entries
  • ھاوِن noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ھاوِنگ noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Spanish

4 entries
  • almirez noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • argamasa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • molcajete noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • mortero noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Sumerian

2 entries
  • 𒀉𒆠 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • 𒄑𒄤 noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kinu noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Swedish

4 entries
  • granatkastare noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • mortel noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • murbruk noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • mörsare noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lusong noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • papahia noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Tamil

3 entries
  • உரல் noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • கல்வம் noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • காரை noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • idiydi noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Taroko

1 entries
  • duhung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Tausug

1 entries
  • lusung noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Thai

4 entries
  • ครก noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • ปืนครก noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • ปูน noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • โกร่ง noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Turkish

4 entries
  • harç noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • havan noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • havan noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • havan noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • laý noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • suwag noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • будіве́льний ро́зчин noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • морти́ра noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • мущи́р noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • міноме́т noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اوکھلی noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • keli noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Venetan

1 entries
  • mortèr noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cối noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • vữa noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Welsh

2 entries
  • morter noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
  • morter noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Yakan

1 entries
  • linsungan noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • מערזשער noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • סטופּע noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • שטייסל noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • odó noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • hawane noun (short, heavy, large-bore cannon)
  • hawane noun (lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate)
  • heveng noun (vessel used to grind ingredients)
  • xerc noun (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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We can build a wall with bricks and mortar.

Source: tatoeba (1345725)

I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.

Source: tatoeba (6621364)

And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.

Source: tatoeba (7817540)

The mortar and pestle always go together.

Source: tatoeba (8971353)

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