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  1. Mortar
    [firestop] Firestop mortars are mortars most typically used to firestop large openings in walls and floors required to have a fire-resistance rating. They are passive fire protection items. Firestop mortars differ in formula and properties from most other cementitious substances{Citation nee...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_(firestop)

  2. 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.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TM.HTM

  3. Mortar
    A mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together; as opposed to drylaid masonry.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  4. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=mortar

  5. Mortar
    a mixture consisting of a binder (cement and/or hydrated lime), sand and water and the hardened product of the mixture.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  7. Mortar
    A mixture of cement with water and sand used in masonry work.
    Found op http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/m/mortar.html

  8. Mortar
    A mixture of cement with sand and water used in masonry work
    Found op http://www.findalocal-builder.co.uk/builders-and-building-contractors/Artic

  9. Mortar
    A mixture of sand and cement used to hold bricks and stones together.
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let

  10. Mortar
    Mix of one or more inorganic binders, aggregates, water and sometimes additions and/or admixtures for bedding ,jointing and pointing of masonry.
    Found op http://www.smart.salford.ac.uk/technicalinfo.php?tech=glossary

  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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  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 ...
    Found op http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/ToolkitModules/Toolkit1Glossary/tabid/



  1. 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  3. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  4. Mortar
    Mor'tar transitive verb To plaster or make fast with mortar.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  5. Mortar
    Mor'tar noun [ French mortier . See Mortar a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  6. 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...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?mortar

  7. mortar
    howitzer noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mortar

  8. mortar
    noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mortar

  9. 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. 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
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/mortar/

  11. 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]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/124

  12. 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]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/124

  13. Mortar
    [weapon] A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as (mortar) bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. It is typically muzzle-loading and has a barrel length less than 15 times its calibre. == Function == A mortar is rel...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)

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