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How to pronounce “mortar”

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Pronunciation guide for mortar

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of mortar with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Lindsay Gardner & Nite YunNITE YUN: Including the mortar and pestle, it's literally--
Definition summary: (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

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Lindsay Gardner & Nite Yun

NITE YUN: Including the mortar and pestle, it's literally--

[Noun]
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
(countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
(countable, military) 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. [from 20th c.]
(countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
[Verb]
(transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
(transitive) To pound in a mortar.
To fire a mortar (weapon).
To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).