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Example sentences for: mortar

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(See Clint remedy the situation with a handheld mortar above.)
Quicklime is quick (that is, alive, as in the quick and the dead) because it is anhydrous (Greek for unwatered) and soaks up water with a vengeance to make slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, from CaO + H2O), which is what makes quicklime so useful as the binding agent in mortar, cement, and concrete.
The symbol for "pharmacy" is a mortar and pestle.
The NYT business section cites a fact that puts much Internet hype into perspective while powerfully explaining the rationale of the recent spate of "clicks and mortar" business deals: Wal-Mart is expected to report nearly $143 billion in domestic revenue for fiscal 1999, roughly 7 percent of the United States retail market and seven times all Internet sales combined.
The Chechens will gradually bleed the Russian garrison--one car bomb, one mine, one mortar at a time--until the Russians withdraw in frustration.