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English word mortar comes from Latin mortarium
mortarium (Latin)
Large basin in which mortar (substance) is made. Mortar (used with a pestle).
mortier (Old French)
mortar (English)
(transitive) To pound in a mortar.. (transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.. To fire a mortar (weapon). (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.. (countable, military) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.. [...]