mortar

a mixture of sand, water, and cement used for building walls by sticking bricks or stones together

mortero (de construcción)

Collocations mortar mix

• The workers are mixing the mortar.

  Los trabajadores están mezclando el mortero.

a small, short-barrelled gun used to fire shells at a high angle over a distance

mortero (artillero)

Collocations mortar shell

• The soldiers fired the mortar at the enemy.

  Los soldados dispararon el mortero contra el enemigo.

a bowl-shaped container with a rough surface used for crushing and mixing food ingredients, especially in Indian cooking

mortero (para cocina)

Collocations pestle and mortar

• She uses a pestle and mortar to grind spices.

  Ella usa un mortero y pilón para moler especias.

a part of the human body, such as the elbow or knee, where two bones join together and move against each other

articulación (anatómica)

Collocations joint

• The doctor examined the patient's mortars and joints.

  El médico examinó las articulaciones del paciente.

a military operation using mortar guns to attack an enemy position

artillería de mortero (en guerra)

Collocations mortar barrage

• The enemy launched a mortar attack.

  El enemigo lanzó un ataque con mortero.

the process of crushing and mixing ingredients in a mortar for cooking purposes

moler (en un mortero)

Collocations grind spices

• She uses a mortar to grind the garlic and herbs.

  Ella usa un mortero para moler el ajo y las hierbas.

a type of small cannon used in the past, similar to a mortar but with a longer barrel and fired at lower angles

pieza de artillería antigua (similar al mortero)

Collocations old cannon

• The museum has an old mortar on display.

  El museo tiene una antigua pieza de artillería en exhibición.

a mathematical operation that is the inverse of exponentiation, where a number raised to an exponent equals another number

logaritmo (en matemáticas)

Collocations exponent

• The equation involves a logarithm.

  La ecuación involucra un logaritmo.