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MORTAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Synonyms:

howitzer; mortar; trench mortar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mortar" is a kind of...):

high-angle gun (a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mortar" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mortar" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Meronyms (substance of "mortar"):

cement (a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar)

Derivation:

mortar (plaster with mortar)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plaster with mortar

Example:

mortar the wall

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "mortar" is one way to...):

daub; plaster (coat with plaster)

Domain category:

masonry (the craft of a mason)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mortar (used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall)

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