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1. Mortar
   In architecture mortar is a building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials. It is used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., and also for plastering, and in other ways.
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2. Mortar
   A mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together; as opposed to drylaid masonry.
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3. mortar
   [n] - used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall 2. [n] - a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle 3. [n] - a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range 4. [v] - plaster with mortar
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4. Mortar
   a mixture consisting of a binder (cement and/or hydrated lime), sand and water and the hardened product of the mixture.
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5. mortar
   Method of projecting a bomb via a high trajectory at a target up to 6-7 km/3-4 mi away. A mortar bomb is stabilized in flight by means of tail fins. The high trajectory results in a high angle...
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6. Mortar
   A mixture of cement with water and sand used in masonry work.
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7. Mortar
   A mixture of cement with sand and water used in masonry work
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8. Mortar
   A mixture of sand and cement used to hold bricks and stones together.
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9. mortar
   deep, heavy bowl of wood, marble, ceramics, in which spices, herbs, etc., are crushed or ground by hand with pestle. Category: The chemical industry • artificial conglomerate of fine grains clustered together by a binder Category: Building industry
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10. Mortar
    Mix of one or more inorganic binders, aggregates, water and sometimes additions and/or admixtures for bedding ,jointing and pointing of masonry.
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11. Mortar
    a mixture traditionally including an aggregate, slacked lime or clay, any appropriate additive and water which is used for pointing and bedding masonry. In modern times, portland cement has been more widely used. A mixture rich in the cementing material is said to be 'fat'. Plasticisers a...
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12. Mortar
    A material used to fill the gaps between stones, blocks or bricks in wall-building. It adheres to the components of the wall, creating a structural block. Traditional mortar was made with lime and sand, or clay was used as mortar. After the invention of Portland cement in the 1850s it was used as a ...
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13. mortar
    Flat bottomed bowl used in Europe from the 11thC for pounding pharmaceuticals or foods. Mortars are usually made from a hard material such as marble, stone or bronze, and are used with a pounding utensil of the same material called a pestle.
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14. Mortar
    Mor'tar noun [ Middle English morter , Anglo-Saxon mortēre , Latin mortarium : confer French mortier mortar. Confer sense 2 (below), also 2d Mortar , Martel , Morter .] 1. A strong vesse...
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15. Mortar
    Mor'tar noun [ Middle English mortier , French mortier , Latin mortarium mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made, a mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st Mortar .] (Architecture) A building material made ...
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16. Mortar
    Mor'tar transitive verb To plaster or make fast with mortar.
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17. Mortar
    Mor'tar noun [ French mortier . See Mortar a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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18. mortar
    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). ... A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc, at high angles of elevation, as 45 deg, a...
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19. mortar
    howitzer noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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20. mortar
    noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
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21. mortar
    (mor´tәr) a vessel with a rounded internal surface, used with a pestle, for reducing a solid to a powder or producing a homogeneous mixture of solids.
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22. Mortar
    • (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar. • (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45
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23. mortar
    in military science, short-range artillery piece with a short barrel and low muzzle velocity, firing an explosive projectile in a high-arched ... [3 related articles]
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24. mortar
    in technology, material used in building construction to bond brick, stone, tile, or concrete blocks into a structure. Mortar consists of inert ... [6 related articles]
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25. Mortar
    - A mixture of cement (or lime) with sand and water used in masonry work.
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