mortar

Phonetic Respelling: [ mawr-ter ]

Definition:

n. 1 used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; 2 a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle; 3 a muzzle-loading high-angle gun

Sentence:

We used mortar to hold the bricks together.

More example sentences:

We used mortar to hold the bricks together.

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A mortar and pestle are used to comminute the herbs for use in the recipe.

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They used a mortar and pestle to grind the acorns.

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Synonyms:

plaster; cement; stucco

Antonyms:

nail

Mortar rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • corter
  • courter
  • gorter
  • horter
  • morter
  • porter
  • puerto
  • quarter
  • shorter
  • sorter
  • sortor
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • exporter
  • fourthquarter
  • importer
  • mcwhorter
  • reporter
  • supporter
  • thirdquarter
  • transporter