Example sentences for: mortar

How can you use “mortar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • There is also a compound called wall saltpeter because it can leach out of the mortar between the bricks of damp walls: calcium nitrate (CaNO3).

  • The Chechens will gradually bleed the Russian garrison--one car bomb, one mine, one mortar at a time--until the Russians withdraw in frustration.

  • The symbol for "pharmacy" is a mortar and pestle.

  • However, the lure of Amsterdam’s bricks and mortar is only part of its excitement.

  • The word has several meanings, including “a heap of stuff,” such as a heap of grapes, a heap of mortar, a heap of something, but it also means a lump of sugar.


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