mortar in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
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mortar in English
- mortar⇄mortar (1), noun, verb.
- mortar⇄mortar (2), noun, verb.
- mortar⇄noun a mixture of sand and water with lime, cement, or often both, for holding bricks or stones together.
- mortar⇄noun 1. a bowl of porcelain, glass, brass, hardwood, or other very hard material in which substances may be pounded to a powder with a pestle.
2. any one of various mechanical devices in which limestone, shale, or other substances may be pounded o - mortar⇄v.i. to fire mortars.
- mortar⇄v.t. to fire mortars at; to hit with mortar fire.
Ex. An airborne battalion ... got badly mortared (New Yorker). - mortar⇄v.t. to plaster with mortar; fix or hold together with mortar.
Ex. (Figurative.) There was a real danger that the U.S.-British-French united front that Herter mortared together ... might show cracks (Time).