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English
Three bricks held together with mortar (sense 1).
A mid-19th century naval mortar (sense 3).
A mid-20th century infantry mortar (sense 4).
Mortar and pestle (sense 2).
Etymology
From Middle English morter , from Old French mortier , from Latin mortārium . Doublet of mortarium .
Pronunciation
Noun
mortar (countable and uncountable , plural mortars )
( uncountable ) A mixture of lime or cement , sand and water used for bonding building blocks .
1846 , Nathaniel Hawthorne , “Fire Worship”, in Mosses from an Old Manse :The holy hearth! If any earthly and material thing, or rather a divine idea embodied in brick and mortar , might be supposed to possess the permanence of moral truth, it was this.
( countable ) A hollow vessel used to pound , crush , rub , grind or mix ingredients with a pestle .
Synonyms: mortar and pestle , pestle and mortar
( countable , military , historical ) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories .
( countable , military ) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories .
( countable ) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered .
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
mixture of lime or cement, sand and water
Arabic: مِلَاط m ( milāṭ )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܡܠܴܛܳܐ m ( mlāṭā )
Armenian: շաղախ (hy) ( šaġax ) , կրաշաղախ (hy) ( krašaġax ) ( lime mortar )
Middle Armenian: կաղջին ( kaġǰin )
Old Armenian: շաղախ ( šałax ) , տաղախ ( tałax )
Asturian: morteru m
Belarusian: раство́р m ( rastvór )
Bulgarian: хороса́н (bg) m ( horosán )
Catalan: morter (ca) m , argamassa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 灰泥 (zh) ( huīní ) , 砂漿 / 砂浆 (zh) ( shājiāng )
Czech: malta (cs) f
Danish: mørtel (da)
Dutch: specie (nl) f , mortel (nl) m
Esperanto: mortero
Estonian: mört
Finnish: laasti (fi)
French: mortier (fr) m
Galician: masa (gl) f , argamasa (gl) f , morteiro (gl) m , brónica f , recebo m , cal (gl) f
Georgian: კირდუღაბი ( ḳirduɣabi )
German: Mörtel (de) m , Mauermörtel m
Greek: κονίαμα (el) n ( koníama )
Hebrew: מֶלֶט (he) m ( melet )
Hindi: मसाला (hi) m ( masālā )
Hungarian: habarcs (hu) , malter (hu) , vakolat (hu)
Ido: mortero (io)
Indonesian: mortar (id)
Irish: moirtéal m
Italian: malta (it) f
Japanese: モルタル (ja) ( morutaru )
Korean: 모르타르 ( moreutareu )
Lao: ປູນ ( pūn )
Latin: mortārium n
Latvian: java f
Lithuanian: skiedinys m
Macedonian: ма́лтер m ( málter )
Maltese: tajn tat-tikħil m
Norman: mortchi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mørtel m
Occitan: mortièr (oc) m
Persian: ملات (fa) ( malât ) , ساروج (fa) ( sâruj )
Polish: zaprawa (pl) f
Portuguese: argamassa (pt) f , massa (pt) f , reboco (pt) m
Romanian: mortar (ro) n
Russian: ( строительный, цементный ) раство́р (ru) m ( rastvór )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: малтер f , морт m
Roman: malter (sh) m , mort (sh) m
Slovak: malta f
Slovene: malta (sl) f
Spanish: mortero (es) m , argamasa (es) f
Swedish: murbruk (sv) n
Thai: ปูน (th) ( bpuun )
Turkish: harç (tr)
Turkmen: suwag , laý
Ukrainian: будіве́льний ро́зчин m ( budivélʹnyj rózčyn )
Vietnamese: vữa (vi)
Welsh: morter m
Zazaki: xerc m
short, heavy, large-bore cannon
lightweight indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate
vessel used to grind ingredients
Ainu: ニース ( nīsu )
Akkadian: 𒄑𒄤 ( /esittu/ ) , 𒈠𒁖𒆪 ( /madakku/ ) , 𒌨𒍮 ( /urṣu/ ) , 𒈠𒆹𒌅 ( /masūktu/ )
Aklanon: eusong
Arabic: مِهْرَاس m ( mihrās ) , هَاوُن m ( hāwun ) , جُرْن m ( jurn ) , نِجْر m ( nijr )
Egyptian Arabic: جرن m ( gurn )
Aragonese: almirete m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܷܣܺܬ݁ܐ m ( ʾesittā ) , ܡܕܳܟ݂ܬܴܐ m ( mḏāḵtā )
Armenian: սանդ (hy) ( sand ) , հավան (hy) ( havan ) , հավանգ (hy) ( havang )
Middle Armenian: հաւան ( hawan )
Old Armenian: սանդ ( sand ) , անկան ( ankan )
Assamese: খুন্দনা ( khundona )
Asturian: morteru m
Azerbaijani: həvəng , həvəngdəstə
Bashkir: киле ( kile )
Belarusian: сту́па f ( stúpa )
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bhojpuri: ओखर ( ōkhar )
Bulgarian: хава́н (bg) m ( haván )
Canela: cahuw
Catalan: morter (ca) m
Cebuano: lusong
Chinese:
Mandarin: 研缽 / 研钵 (zh) ( yánbō ) , 臼 (zh) ( jiù )
Classical Nahuatl: mōlcaxitl
Czech: hmoždíř m , moždíř (cs) m
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dongxiang: duiwo
Dutch: vijzel (nl) m , mortier (nl) m or n
Esperanto: pistujo
Ewe: to
Finnish: huhmar (fi) , mortteli (fi)
French: mortier (fr) m
Friulian: mortâr m , pile f
Galician: morteiro (gl) m , armidés m , almofariz m , cacirete m , machaduro m
German: Mörser (de) m
Greek: γουδί (el) n ( goudí )
Ancient: ἴγδις f ( ígdis ) , θυεία f ( thueía )
Hebrew: מכתש (he) m ( makhtesh )
Higaonon: lusung
Hindi: ओखली (hi) f ( okhlī )
Hungarian: mozsár (hu)
Indonesian: mortar (id) , cobek (id)
Ingrian: hummar
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: moirtéar m
Italian: mortaio (it) m
Japanese: すり鉢 ( すりばち, suribachi ) , 擂り鉢 (ja) ( すりばち, suribachi ) , 臼 (ja) ( うす, usu ) , 乳鉢 (ja) ( にゅうばち, nyūbachi )
Jeju: 방엣혹 ( bang'ethok )
Kanakanabu: tarikʉra
Kapampangan: asung
Kayapó: kawa
Kazakh: келі ( kelı )
Khiamniungan Naga: thām
Khmer: ត្បាល់ (km) ( tbal )
Korean: 방아확 ( bang'ahwak ) , 절구 ( jeolgu ) , ( small-sized ) 유발(乳鉢) (ko) ( yubal )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھاوان ( hawan ) , ئاوان ( awan ) , ئاوِنگ ( awing )
Laki: ھەوەنگ ( heweng )
Southern Kurdish: ھاوِن ( hawin ) , ھاوِنگ ( hawing )
Latin: pīsō m , mortārium n
Latvian: piesta f
Macedonian: а́ван m ( ávan )
Maguindanao: lesung
Malay: lesung (ms)
Maori: oko (mi)
Maranao: lesong
Minangkabau: lasuang (min)
Mongolian: уур (mn) ( uur )
Ngazidja Comorian: shino class 7 /8
Norman: mortchi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: morter m
Nynorsk: mortar m
Ottoman Turkish: دیبك ( dibek )
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: هاون (fa) ( hâvan )
Polish: moździerz (pl) m inan , stępa (pl) f
Portuguese: almofariz (pt) m , morteiro (pt) m , gral m , pilão (pt) m
Pykobjê: cahohw
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: piuliță (ro) f , piuă (ro) f , mojar (ro) n
Russian: сту́па (ru) f ( stúpa ) , сту́пка (ru) f ( stúpka )
Sardinian: maltàgiu m , martaju m , moltàgiu m , mortagiu m , mortaju m , murtàgiu m , murtaju m , murtarzu m , murtarju m , murtàgliu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ступа m , аван m , мужар m , тарионик m
Roman: stupa (sh) f , avan (sh) m , mužar (sh) m , tarionik (sh) m
Sicilian: murtaru (scn) m
Slovak: mažiar m
Slovene: minomet m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjeržel m
Spanish: mortero (es) m , almirez (es) m , pilón (es) m , molcajete (es) m ( Mexico )
Sumerian: 𒄑𒄤 ( /naĝa/ ) , 𒀉𒆠 ( /idki, itki/ )
Swahili: kinu (sw)
Swedish: mortel (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: lusong
Tarifit: idiydi m
Tausug: lusung
Thai: ครก (th) ( krók ) , โกร่ง (th) ( gròong )
Turkish: havan (tr)
Ukrainian: сту́па f ( stúpa )
Urdu: اوکھلی f ( okhlī )
Venetan: mortèr m
Vietnamese: cối (vi)
Welsh: morter m
Yakan: linsungan
Yiddish: שטייסל n ( shteysl ) , מערזשער m ( merzher ) , סטופּע f ( stupe )
Yoruba: odó
Zazaki: heveng c
Verb
mortar (third-person singular simple present mortars , present participle mortaring , simple past and past participle mortared )
( transitive ) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
( transitive ) To pound in a mortar.
To fire a mortar (weapon ).
To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon ).
The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.
See also
Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
Derived from morto + -ar .
Pronunciation
Verb
mortar (present mortas , past mortis , future mortos , conditional mortus , imperative mortez )
( intransitive , literally and figuratively ) to die , cease to live , depart this life
( intransitive ) to go out ( of fire, lights, etc. )
( intransitive ) to come to an end ( of movement )
Conjugation
Indonesian
Etymology
From English mortar , from Middle English morter , from Old French mortier , from Latin mortārium . Doublet of mortir .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: mor‧tar
Noun
mortar
mortar ,
a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
a hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
Synonym: lumpang
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
mortar
Alternative form of morter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mortar m
indefinite plural of mort
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mortārium (19th century).
Pronunciation
Noun
mortar n (uncountable )
mortar ( construction material )
Declension
Further reading