Collocations for "mortar"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mortar" in context.
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mortar
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- a pestle and mortar
- a [marble, wooden, copper, lead, steel] mortar
- use a mortar to [hold, keep]
- crush [garlic, peppercorns, herbs] in a mortar
- crush [garlic] with a pestle and mortar
- use mortar to hold the [bricks, stones, slabs] together
- mortar used in [building, construction]
- mortar for [masonry, bricks, construction]
- mortar is [lime, cement] with sand and water
- use [lime] to make mortar
- [repair, replace] the mortar
- the mortar needs [repairing]
- the mortar is beginning to crumble
- the troops [launched, fired] the mortar
- shells from enemy mortar
- was killed by (the explosion from) a mortar
- [injured, killed, hurt] in a mortar attack
- [injured, maimed] by mortar shells
- [besieged, attacked, destroyed] by mortar fire
- are under mortar fire
- a brick-and-mortar [house, store, building]
- mortar the [wall, ceiling, bricks]
- mortar to [prevent, cover, protect]
- mortar the [soldiers, enemy, building, battlefield]
- the [soldiers] were mortared
'mortar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):