mortar /mor·tar/ (mor´ter) a bell- or urn-shaped vessel in which drugs are beaten, crushed, or ground with a pestle.
mortar
mor·tar (môr t r)n. 1. A vessel in which drugs or other substances are crushed or ground with a pestle. 2. A machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed. |
mortar
[môr′tər]
Etymology: L, mortarium
a cup-shaped vessel in which materials are ground or crushed by a pestle in the preparation of drugs.
mortar
1. wooden or ceramic vessel with a rounded internal surface, used with a pestle, for reducing a solid to a powder or producing a homogeneous mixture of solids.
2. a material used to cement bricks in place.
mortar licking
a form of pica usually ascribed to a nutritional deficiency of calcium.
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