Plural of mortar

Forms of mortar

Mortars in a sentence

• You will be firing down on them, and you can use everything you have, even mortars.2008, Samuel John Hazo, This Part of the World: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry cut to pieces
• On the north bank were the Japanese, entrenched with pillboxes, machine guns, field guns and mortars.1945, Mark Tennien, Chungking Listening Post, New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., page 63. From the entry Toishan
• 'Twas not by barking mortars that the pushful CAESAR scored; He trusted close formations and the silent stabbing sword.1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 12, 1917. From the entry pushful
• More than 70 non-state armed groups were recorded as using the weapons, including 12 that fired rockets and mortars from Gaza into Israel.2013 April 12, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian. From the entry nonstate
• Laden with mortars, ammo, and a Browning .50-caliber heavy machine gun, the heavy weaponsmen lumbered after the two to the position Gunnar had chosen.1990, John Lansing, Nguy-Hiem War Zone, page 57. From the entry weaponsman

Meaning of mortar

1. noun A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
2. noun A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
3. noun A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.

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Questions about the plural of mortar

What is the plural of mortar?

The plural of mortar is mortars.

Is mortar countable?

Mortar is a countable and uncountable noun.