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Definition of mortar verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mortar

verb
 
/ˈmɔːtə(r)/
 
/ˈmɔːrtər/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mortar
 
/ˈmɔːtə(r)/
 
/ˈmɔːrtər/
he / she / it mortars
 
/ˈmɔːtəz/
 
/ˈmɔːrtərz/
past simple mortared
 
/ˈmɔːtəd/
 
/ˈmɔːrtərd/
past participle mortared
 
/ˈmɔːtəd/
 
/ˈmɔːrtərd/
-ing form mortaring
 
/ˈmɔːtərɪŋ/
 
/ˈmɔːrtərɪŋ/
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  1. mortar (somebody/something) to attack somebody/something using a mortar
    Word Originverb late Old English, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium (to which the English spelling was later assimilated).
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