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Synonyms for mortar

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Cement

cement, plaster, stucco

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

  2. n. 2

    A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

Forms

Plural
mortars → cannons, howitzers, cements, plasters…

Example sentences

  • cannon That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.
  • cement It's going to take a while for the cement to dry.
  • plaster Can I travel on a plane if I have a plaster cast?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mortarsteady
cannonrising
howitzersteady
cementfalling
plastersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
cannon2, cement2, stucco2
7 letters
plaster2
8 letters
howitzer3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cannon2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
mortier
Italiano
malta
Deutsch
Mahlstein