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

Definitions

1. noun. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. 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.
4. transitive verb. To plaster or make fast with mortar.
5. noun. A chamber lamp or light.
6. noun. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

   Synonyms: howitzer

7. noun. a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
8. noun. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
9. verb. plaster with mortar

   "mortar the wall"

Synonyms

howitzer

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mortar:

marrot

Common word forms

mortars, mortared, mortaring, mortarize, mortarless

Words from these letters

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