名詞 mortar:

1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
   同義詞：howitzer, trench mortar
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

動詞 mortar:

1. plaster with mortar

1. The brick-layer at the top of the scaffold is calling for more mortar.
   腳手架頂上的砌磚工人喊著要人再送些灰漿上去。
2. Any of various combined substances, such as mortar or plaster, formed by mixing ingredients.
   水泥沙漿任一種用各種原料混合出的混雜物質，如沙漿和灰泥
3. Put your money into bricks and mortar.
   用你的錢去買房子吧。
4. The army was fired by mortars.
   軍隊被迫擊炮攻擊。

mor.tar

n.（名詞）
A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle.
小臼：一種容器，在里面物質被擠壓或用一杵碾磨
A machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed.
臼研機：一種機器，在里面物質被碾磨、混和或擠壓

A portable, muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories.Also called trench mortar
迫擊炮：-種可移動的、前裝式的大炮，用來發(fā)射較低速度、近程和高弧形行程的炮彈也作 trench mortar
Any of several similar devices, such as one that shoots life lines across a stretch of water.
發(fā)射器：任一類似的裝置，例如一種用來通過一水道射擊出一救生索的裝置
Any of various bonding materials used in masonry, surfacing, and plastering, especially a plastic mixture of cement or lime, sand, and water that hardens in place and is used to bind together bricks or stones.
灰漿：任何一種用于石造物、表面和涂蓋的粘合物質，尤指用水泥、石灰、沙和水的塑料混合物來硬化涂抹處，被用于粘合磚或石頭
v.tr.（及物動詞）
mor.tared,mor.tar.ing,mor.tars
To bombard with mortar shells.
用砂漿砌合
To plaster or join with mortar.
用膠泥涂蓋或連接

來源：
Middle English morter
中古英語 morter
from Old English mortere
源自 古英語 mortere
and from Old French mortier
并源自 古法語 mortier
both from Latin mort3rium * see mer-
都源自 拉丁語 mort3rium *參見 mer-