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mortar

/mawr-ter/US // ˈmɔr tər //UK // (ˈmɔːtə) //

砂浆,迫击炮,灰泥,臼齿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
    • : any of various mechanical appliances in which substances are pounded or ground.
    • : a cannon very short in proportion to its bore, for throwing shells at high angles.
    • : some similar contrivance, as for throwing pyrotechnic bombs or a lifeline.
  1. 1
    • : to attack with mortar fire or shells.

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Examples

  • With the pandemic closing or limiting access to brick and mortar stores, personalization has taken a new urgency as customers are increasingly shopping online and companies need to meet them where they are.

  • Immediately transfer to a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, and grind to a medium-coarse powder.

  • If you don’t have a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, you can swap in 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground cumin and 1 teaspoon ground coriander for the spice mix.

  • I used to teach out of a brick and mortar adult shop, but like so many small businesses during the pandemic, the shop closed.

  • For brick and mortar businesses, Google reviews is the primary platform for working with customer feedback.

  • Of such incompatibles is compounded the mortar of his art work.

  • Then came the day Mustafa, along with two others, was killed by a mortar shell.

  • Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day.

  • When Louise and Bibi returned to their home, they found it strewn with ammunition and pockmarked with mortar craters.

  • Holding the architectural smorgasbord of a castle together was cement, wire, and mortar.

  • There, if his eyes did not deceive him, were evidences of mortar dislodged by nefarious toes.

  • But the fury of the dabblers in bricks and mortar continues unabated, and they will not last long.

  • The Purbeck marble slab has never been disturbed, being found strongly secured by mortar to the top of the stone coffin.

  • In the absence of a mortar, a basin plunged into another containing boiling water will answer the purpose.

  • Get, at a druggist's, half an ounce of each of these articles, and have them mixed and pounded together in a mortar.