mortars
Grinding bowls' partners
Mortars are bowl-shaped vessels in which substances are ground or crushed with a pestle—the standard tool for pharmacists, chemists, and cooks preparing spices.
The word extends to building materials: mortar is the paste of cement, sand, and water that binds bricks or stones.
A mortar is also a short-barreled artillery piece that lobs shells in a high arc: The position came under mortar fire.
To mortar is to fire such weapons or to apply binding paste between masonry units.
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- trajectoryPath of moving object
infantry · trench · barrage · rounds · shells · tubes · baseplate · bipod
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
trajectory · infantry · trench · barrage · rounds · shells · tubes · baseplate · bipod · howitzer
pestle
Bowl's crushing companion
spices · herbs · guacamole · salsa · pesto · curry paste · pharmacy · apothecary · alchemy · ceramic
cement
Calcium powder binding agent
stone · trowel · pointing · jointing · repointing · grout · plaster · binding · construction · bricklaying
- artillerycannons, cannon, howitzers, howitzer, artillery piece
- trench warfaretrenches, no man's land, barbed wire, dugouts, front lines
- Natufian cultureLevant, bone tools, grinding stones, pestles, round houses
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
mortarsrifles
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
anti-tank guns · machine guns · sniper rifles · assault rifles · small arms
mortarssolvents
Liquids that dissolve substances
wrecking balls · jackhammers · chisels · crowbars · explosives
- brick and mortarBusiness with premises
- mortar and pestleManual crushing implements
- brick-and-mortar storesShops with street addresses
- pestle and mortarVessel and club for pulverizing
- mortar fireArtillery launched in arcs
- mortar shellTube-launched explosive projectile