noun
mortar
CEFR B2
a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
In a sentence
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Ski patrols fire a mortar at the cornice before dawn, bringing down loose snow while the slopes are still empty.
Environment
The regimental museum displays a stubby bronze mortar that lobbed its rounds over walls no cannon could reach.
History
The artillery unit in the strategy game deploys a mortar that arcs its shots over the wall rather than through it.
Gaming
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Found in 4 published word lists
- Engineering Technology Word ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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