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mortary

mortary adjective: resembling or characteristic of mortar.

Adjective

mortary (comparative more mortary, superlative most mortary)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of mortar.

Forms of mortary

comparativemore mortary
superlativemost mortary

Origin of mortary

From mortar + -y.

Questions about mortary

What does mortary mean?
Mortary means resembling or characteristic of mortar.
What part of speech is mortary?
Mortary is an adjective.

Words near mortary in the dictionary

  1. mortarlike
  2. mortarman
  3. mortarmen
  4. mortars
  5. mortars and pestles
  6. mortary
  7. mortbell
  8. mortcloth
  9. mortcloths
  10. Mortdale
  11. mortdancester

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