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mortar
1. n. A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
2. n. (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.
3. n. A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
4. v. To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
5. v. To pound in a mortar.
6. v. To fire a mortar (weapon).

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I love the smell of fresh mortar, fresh wood, don't you?

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