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mortar
has definitions from the fields of military,arms
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[ noun ] (military,arms) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
Synonyms Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Then we pull_out under our mortar and artillery cover , but nobody pulls_out until I say so . Related terms |
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[ verb ] plaster with mortar
Examples "mortar the wall" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The outside 4 - inch space is filled by mortaring blocks on edge . The roof blocks are in two layers and are not mortared together . When the roof blocks are all in_place , the final rows of wall blocks are mortared into position . |
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[ noun ] used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)Mortar is poured between this bracing and the 4 - inch blocks on edge to complete the wall thickness for radiation shielding . The walls are held together with metal ties placed in the wet mortar as the walls are built . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
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