mortar
/ˈmoɹtɚ/ verb C2- To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
- To pound in a mortar.
- To fire a mortar (weapon).
- To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon). · The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.
He/she/it mortars · Past mortared · Past participle mortared · -ing form mortaring
Verb forms
- Base form
- mortar
- He/she/it
- mortars
- Past
- mortared
- Past participle
- mortared
- -ing form
- mortaring
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But now in one moment Anne saw herself winning the Avery scholarship, taking an Arts course at Redmond College, and graduating in a gown and mortar board, before the echo of Josie’s words had died away.
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