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mortar meaning in Urdu

اوکھلی okhlī

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mortar in Urdu: اوکھلی (okhlī). In English, mortar means a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

Urdu words for mortar

vessel used to grind ingredients
اوکھلی okhlī

English 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.
  4. noun A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.

Full definition of mortar

mortar in a sentence

  • The insurgents snuck up close and mortared the base last night.

Synonyms of mortar

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Questions about mortar in Urdu

What is the meaning of mortar in Urdu?
Mortar in Urdu is اوکھلی (okhlī).
mortar کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Mortar: اوکھلی (okhlī).
What does mortar mean in English?
Mortar means a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

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