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/ |
- mortar (somebody/something) to attack somebody/something using a mortarWord Originverb late Old English, from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium (to which the English spelling was later assimilated).
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