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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms 2 Ido 2.1 Verb

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium.

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɔːtɘ(ɹ)/ SAMPA: /"mO:t@(r)/

[ Noun

Singular mortar

Plural countable and uncountable; mortars

mortar (countable and uncountable; plural mortars)

1. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones.
2. (countable) Military A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with either a rifled or smooth bore. It usually has a shorter range than a howitzer, employs a higher angle of fire, and has a tube with a length of 10 to 20 calibers. See also gun; howitzer. JP-1-02.
3. (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

[ Derived terms

• mortarboard

[ Translations

mixture of lime or cement, sand and water

Bosnian: malter bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: хоросан (khorosán) m. Czech: malta cs(cs) f. Dutch: specie nl(nl) Finnish: laasti fi(fi) French: mortier fr(fr) m. German: Mörtel m. Hungarian: habarcs hu(hu), malter hu(hu), vakolat hu(hu)

Korean: 모르타르 (moreutareu) Latvian: java lv(lv) f. Russian: известковый раствор (izvestkóvyj rastvór) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: малтер m. Roman: malter m. Slovak: malta sk(sk) f. Slovene: malta sl(sl) f.

short large-bore cannon

Dutch: mortier nl(nl) Finnish: kranaatinheitin fi(fi), heitin fi(fi), mörssäri fi(fi) French: mortier fr(fr) m. German: Mörser de(de) m. Hungarian: mozsárágyú hu(hu)

Japanese: 迫撃砲 (はくげきほう, hakugekihō) Korean: 박격포 (迫撃砲, bakgyeokpo) Russian: мортира (mortíra) f., миномёт (minomjót) m. Slovak: mažiar m. Slovene: možnar sl(sl) m.

vessel used to grind ingredients

Ainu: ニース (niisu) Dutch: vijzel nl(nl), mortier nl(nl) Ewe: to Finnish: huhmar fi(fi) French: mortier fr(fr) m. German: Mörser de(de) m. Hindi: ओखली (okhlī) f. Hungarian: mozsár hu(hu) Japanese: すり鉢, 擂り鉢 (suribachi), 臼 (うす, usu)

Korean: 방아확 (bangA-hwak), 절구 (jeolgu), 유발 (乳鉢, yubal) (small-sized) Latvian: piesta f. Russian: ступа (stúpa) f., ступка (stúpka) f. Serbian: stupa sr(sr) f., avan sr(sr) m. Slovak: mažiar m. Slovene: možnar sl(sl) m. Spanish: mortero es(es) m. Tagalog: lusong Urdu: اوکھلی (okhlī) f.

[ Verb

Infinitive to mortar

Third person singular mortars

Simple past mortared

Past participle mortared

Present participle mortaring

to mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars, present participle mortaring, simple past and past participle mortared)

1. To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
2. To fire a mortar (weapon)

[ Related terms

• bricks and mortar

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[ Ido

[ Verb

mortar

1. To die.