Overview of noun mortar

The noun mortar has 3 senses

• mortar, howitzer, trench mortar -- (a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range)


• mortar -- (used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall)


• mortar -- (a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle)

Overview of verb mortar

The verb mortar has 1 sense

• mortar -- (plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall")