Mortar

  • 31mortar — noun 1 (U) a mixture of lime 1 (3), sand, and water, used in building for joining bricks or stones together 2 (C) a heavy gun that fires bombs or shells (shell1 (2)) in a high curve 3 (C) a hard bowl in which substances are crushed into powder… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32Mortar — A mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together permanently. The lime mortar retained its flexibility and so resisted the shocks of battering. Also: A muzzle loading cannon with a wide bore, short barrel. Mortars normally fire… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 33mortar — I n 1. pulverizer, muller, apothecary s vessel. 2. cannon, field gun, siege gun, Inf. big gun; trench mortar, howitzer, Inf.Big Bertha; carronade, falconet, ten pounder, Fr. bouche a feu. II n plaster, grout, chinking, daubing; adobe, clay,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 34mortar — grūstuvė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Grūdimo, smulkinimo priemonė atitikmenys: angl. mortar rus. ступа; ступка …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 35mortar — grūstuvė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Indas medžiagoms grūsti. atitikmenys: angl. mortar rus. ступа; ступка ryšiai: sinonimas – piesta …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 36mortar — skiedinys statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Rišamosios medžiagos mišinys su vandeniu ir smulkiu užpildu. atitikmenys: angl. mortar rus. раствор …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 37mortar — minosvaidis statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Pabūklas minomis mortyrine trajektorija šaudyti. Tai galinga karių ir karo technikos, esančios atviroje vietovėje ir už priedangų, naikinimo, inžinerinių įrenginių ir statinių ardymo priemonė.… …

    Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • 38mortar — [13] Latin mortārium, a word of unknown origin, denoted both a ‘bowl for grinding’ and, by extension, the ‘substance made in such a bowl’. These twin meanings survived through Anglo Norman morter into modern English mortar as the ‘bowl used with… …

    Word origins

  • 39Mortar bed — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Mortar boat — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English