mortero

Meaning

1. (masculine) mortar (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)
2. (masculine) mortar, mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar (a hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)
3. (masculine) mortar (a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks)

Concepts

mortar

grinder

pestle

mill

hammer

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trench mortar

plaster

grinding stone

howitzer

Synonyms

almirez

batán

molino

pistola

yeso

empujador

lanzaminas

machaca

moledora

molinillo

compo

pisón del mortero

piedra de batán

manizuela de batán

obus

taqué

martillo

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mezcla

mazo

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Translations

mortier

Mörser

mortaio

morter

morteiro

mortier

Mörtel

malta

calcina

vijzel

γουδί

almofariz

mortel

argamassa

Hyphenated as

mor‧te‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moɾˈteɾo/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: mortārium

Cognate with English: mortar

In summary

Inherited from Latin mortārium. Cognate with English mortar.