mortar

Nouns

  • (n) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range howitzer, trench mortar,
  • (n) used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
  • (n) a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

Verbs

  • (v) plaster with mortar
    • mortar the wall

Synonyms

howitzer trench mortar

Words of close approximity

mortal
mortal Morton
mortarboard mortar fire