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a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
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A mortar is a smoothbore, muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires indirect shells (bombs in the UK) at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. These attributes contrast with the mortar's larger siblings, rifled howitzers and field guns, which fire at higher velocities, longer ranges, and flatter arcs. ...
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A short range ordnance piece used to shell enemy positions in saturation attacks. *
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A plastic mixture of cementitious materials, fine aggregate and water. See ASTM Specifications C 270, C 476 or BIA M1-72. Fat Mortar: Mortar containing a high percentage of cementitious components. It is a sticky mortar which adheres to a trowel. High-Bond Mortar: Mortar which develops higher bond strengths with masonry units than normally developed with conventional mortar. Lean Mortar: Mortar which is deficient in cementitious components, it is usually harsh and difficult to spread.
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a mixture of cementing material with fine aggregate and water. Mortar is used to bed and bind quarried stones, bricks, or other solid materials together or to produce a plastic coating on such constructions. This coating is also termed floated or surface face, mortar coat, mortar finish, or parapet
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