mortar

/mˈɔɹtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
2. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
3. a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

verb

1. plaster with mortar
   “mortar the wall”

Synonyms for mortar

• howitzer
• trench mortar

Words that rhyme with mortar

• quarter
• porter
• supporter
• snorter
• transporter
• sorter
• exporter
• headquarter
• hindquarter
• importer
• reporter
• airporter
• corter
• courter
• fourthquarter
• gorter
• horter
• mcwhorter
• morter
• shorter
• sortor
• thirdquarter