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life mortars

life mortars is the plural of life mortar.

Meaning of life mortar

Noun

life mortar (plural life mortars)

  1. (historical) A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress.

Questions about life mortars

What is life mortars the plural of?
Life mortars is the plural of life mortar.

Words near life mortars in the dictionary

  1. Life Master
  2. Life Masters
  3. life member
  4. life members
  5. life mortar
  6. life mortars
  7. life net
  8. life nets
  9. life of its own
  10. life of O'Reilly
  11. life of Reilly

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