Synonyms for mortar
ˈmɔr tərmor·tar

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1. mortar, howitzer, trench mortarnoun

   a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

   Synonyms:
   howitzer, trench mortar

2. mortarnoun

   used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

   Synonyms:
   howitzer, trench mortar

3. mortarverb

   a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

   Synonyms:
   howitzer, trench mortar

4. mortarverb

   plaster with mortar

   "mortar the wall"

Matched Categories

1. • Building Material
   • High-angle Gun
   • Masonry
   • Plaster

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mortarnoun

   Synonyms:
   piece of ordnance for throwing bombs

2. mortarnoun

   Synonyms:
   cement

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1. mortarnoun

   Associated words:
   pestle

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1. List of paraphrases for "mortar":

   mortars, 120-mm

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1. List of known nicknames for "Mortar":

   Moreno Daldosso

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1. Steven Lee:

   The way I see telemedicine is, it's a more unique method of delivering health care to individuals, whereby it's a lot more accessible, unlike the typical brick and mortar type locations where you need to make an appointment and go in, telemedicine allows individuals to seek care at their convenience.

2. Kevin Killea:

   We were able to take the fragments from some of those mortar rounds and do a field test... on those fragments, and they showed the presence of HD, or what is known as sulfur mustard.

3. Kristin Morency Goldman:

   Toy companies have moved away from classifying their toys by gender, and even online retailers and brick-and-mortar retailers are not organizing their toys by gender as much, a lot of the gender-based limits that were imposed on children in previous generations are thankfully not there anymore.

4. John Conlon:

   The important part is that the online sales were much stronger than expected. The brick-and-mortar were less than expected, so the online sales, and principally Amazon, saved the day.

5. Nathan Weber:

   We had some of the soldiers doing their security patrol after something like that happens come by and look at me -- and are like ‘sir, do you know a mortar almost landed just here?' i kind of looked at them and I’m like ‘oh yeah, it’s got me super pumped right now, do you see how fast I’m running?' They kind of looked at me like I was crazy and I kept doing my sprints and training for this.