MORTAR
\mˈɔːtə], \mˈɔːtə], \m_ˈɔː_t_ə]\
Definitions of MORTAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
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To plaster or make fast with mortar.
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A chamber lamp or light.
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A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45Ã, and even higher; - so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
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To plaster or make fast with mortar.
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A chamber lamp or light.
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A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45Ã, and even higher; - so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A vessel in which substances are pounded with an implement called a pestle, chiefly used in making medicines; a short cannon used for throwing shells high upward, so as to drop fromabove on to the object aimed at; abuilding cement of lime, sand, and water.
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To plaster or secure with such building cement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A vessel with rounded interior in which crude drugs and other substances are crushed or bruised by means of a pestle.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A vessel in which substances are pounded with a pestle: a piece of ordnance, resembling a mortar, for throwing shells, etc.: a cement of lime, sand, and water.
By Daniel Lyons
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A vessel in which substances are pounded.
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A short cannon with a large bore.
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A mixture of sand and lime for joining bricks, etc.; a cement.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A vessel made of iron, stone, &c. in which substances are pounded with a pestle; a short piece of ordnance with a large bore, used for throwing bombs; a mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. Hydraulic mortar, or Roman cement, a cement which acquires but Mortar. little solidity in the air, but becomes extremely hard under water. See Mar.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A strong vessel in which substances are bruised or pounded with a pestle; a short piece of ordnance of large bore, used for throwing bombs and shells.
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A mixture of lime, sand, and water, used as a cement for building with stones or bricks.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A vessel for reducing to powder different solid substance, and for making certain mixture. Various substance are employed in the construction of mortars; - iron, marble, glass wedgewood ware, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Latin] A wide-mouthed vessel in which substances are pounded with a pestle;- a short piece of ordnance with a large bore for throwing bombs, shells, &c, at high angles of elevation.
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n. [Latin] A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls.
