Meanings (ES + gloss)
argamasa • mortero
A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
The holy hearth! If any earthly and material thing, or rather a divine idea embodied in brick and mortar, might be supposed to possess the permanence of moral truth, it was this.
almirez • molcajete • mortero • pilón
A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
mortero
A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
mortero
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.
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