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View definitions for mortar

mortar

noun as in cannon

noun as in plaster

verb as in cement

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One is part of a mortar from 1991, when the Provisional IRA attacked Number 10 Downing Street.

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He adds the team spent time recreating the structures - which are constructed without the use of mortar - to "capture those local details".

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Nonato laid his chisel against the mortar and gingerly began to tap the top of the tool with a hammer.

Making the traditional dough-like dish fufu, for example, is laborious and involves pounding cooked yams or cassava into a paste with a mortar.

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TikTok said its live shopping was "like an extension of the brilliance of brick and mortar stores".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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