Eprouvette vs. Mortar

Eprouvette vs. Mortar — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Eprouvette and Mortar

Eprouvettenoun

A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.

Mortarnoun

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

Mortarnoun

A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.

Mortarnoun

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

Mortarverb

(transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.

Mortarverb

(transitive) To pound in a mortar.

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Mortarverb

To fire a mortar (weapon).

Mortarnoun

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Mortarnoun

used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

Mortarnoun

a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

Mortarverb

plaster with mortar;

mortar the wall