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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mortar \Mor"tar\, noun [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 with a pestle.
2. [F. mortier, fr. L. mortarium mortar (for trituarating).] (Mil.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45[deg], and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
{Mortar bed} (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.
{Mortar boat} or {Mortar vessel} (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.
{Mortar piece}, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mortar \Mor"tar\, noun [OE. mortier, F. mortier, L. mortarium mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made, a mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st {Mortar}.] (Arch.) 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.
{Mortar bed}, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mortar \Mor"tar\, verb (used with an object) To plaster or make fast with mortar.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mortar \Mor"tar\, noun [F. mortier. See {Mortar} a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mortar
noun
1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: {howitzer}, {trench mortar}]
2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
3: a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
verb: plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "mortar": adobe, aim at, alembic, anvil, ashlar, barrage, blast, blitz, bombard, brick, bricks and mortar, caldron, cannon, cannonade, cement, clinker, commence firing, concrete, covering materials, crucible, enfilade, engine, ferroconcrete, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, fusillade, grout, lath and plaster, lathe, machine, masonry, mastic, melting pot, motor, open fire, open up on, parget, pavement, paving, paving material, pepper, plaster, plasters, pop at, prestressed concrete, rake, retort, roofage, roofing, roughcast, shell, shoot, shoot at, siding, snipe, snipe at, stone, strafe, stucco, take aim at, test tube, tile, tiling, torpedo, transducer, transformer, walling, zero in on
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mortar (Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. 'aphar, usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev. 14:42, 45). Mortar for pulverizing (Prov. 27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna (Num. 11:8). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.
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