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Image:Mozdzierz kuchenny.jpg|thumb|right|Mortar and pestle.
English

Etymology
From OF. mortier, from L. mortarium.

Noun
en-noun

1. uncountable A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones.
2. countable Military A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with either a rifled or smooth bore. It usually has a shorter range than a howitzer, employs a higher angle of fire, and has a tube with a length of 10 to 20 calibers. See also gun; howitzer. JP-1-02.
3. countable A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

Derived terms
mortarboard

Slovak: malta#Slovak|malta f
Slovene: malta f
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trans-top|short large-bore cannon
Dutch: mortier
Finnish: kranaatinheitin, heitin, mörssäri
French: mortier m
German: Mörser m
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Japanese: 迫�砲 (������, hakugekih�)
Korean: �격� (迫�砲, bakgyeokpo)
Russian: мо��и�а (mortíra) f, мином�� (minomjót) m
Slovak: mažiar m
Slovene: možnar m
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trans-top|vessel used to grind ingredients
Ainu: ��� (niisu)
Dutch: vijzel, mortier
Ewe: to#Ewe|to
Finnish: huhmar
French: mortier m
German: Mörser m
Hindi: ��ल� (okhlī) f
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Japanese: ���, ��� (suribachi), � (��, usu)
Korean: 방�� (bangA-hwak), �구 (jeolgu), �� (乳�, yubal) (small-sized)
Latvian: piesta f
Russian: ���па (stúpa) f, ���пка (stúpka) f
Serbian: stupa f, avan m
Slovak mažiar m
Slovene: možnar m
Spanish: mortero m
Tagalog: lusong
Urdu: URchar|ا�کھ�� (okhlī) f
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Verb
en-verb

1. To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
2. To fire a mortar (weapon)

Related terms
bricks and mortar

Ido

Verb
infl|io|verb

1. To die.

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