1. a mixture of cement, sand, and water used to bind bricks or stones together in building
2. a bowl-shaped container in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle
3. a short cannon that fires shells at high angles
Usage: military

1. to attack with mortar fire
Usage: military
2. to join or fix with mortar

Examples

• The mason mixed fresh mortar to lay the brick wall.
• She ground the spices in a marble mortar and pestle.
• The old mortar between the stones was crumbling.
• Enemy forces began to mortar the position at dawn.
• He used a mortar and pestle to crush the garlic.
• The workers will mortar the stones together tomorrow.
• Artillery units fired mortar rounds over the hill.