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trench mortar

trench mortar noun: a small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.

Noun

trench mortar (plural trench mortars)

  1. A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.
    • The medical captain, ‘What hit you?’ Me, with the eyes shut, ‘A trench-mortar shell.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 64
    Synonyms:
    TM, toc emma

Synonyms of trench mortar

Forms of trench mortar

pluraltrench mortars
alternative formtrench-mortar

Questions about trench mortar

What does trench mortar mean?
Trench mortar means a small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.
What part of speech is trench mortar?
Trench mortar is a noun.
What is the plural of trench mortar?
The plural of trench mortar is trench mortars.

Words near trench mortar in the dictionary

  1. trench foot
  2. trench knife
  3. trench knives
  4. trench mentalities
  5. trench mentality
  6. trench mortar
  7. trench mortars
  8. trench mouth
  9. trench plate
  10. trench plates
  11. trench stick

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