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mortar
mortar is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
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- 1noun
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
- 2noun
A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45�, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
- 3noun
A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.
- 4transitive verb
To plaster or make fast with mortar.
- 5noun
A chamber lamp or light.
- 6noun
a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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- 7noun
a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- 8noun
used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- 9verb
plaster with mortar
"mortar the wall"
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