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mortress

mortress is the alternative form of mortrew.

Meaning of mortrew

Noun

mortrew (plural mortrews)

  1. (obsolete) A dish of meat and other ingredients, cooked together
    Synonyms:
    olla podrida

Forms of mortress

pluralmortresses

Questions about mortress

What is mortress the alternative form of?
Mortress is the alternative form of mortrew.

Words near mortress in the dictionary

  1. Mortonian
  2. Mortons
  3. Mortons Creek
  4. mortpay
  5. mortpays
  6. mortress
  7. mortresses
  8. mortrew
  9. mortrews
  10. morts
  11. Morts Estate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mortress (page history and authors); mortrew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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