mortar fire
1mortar fire — noun artillery fire delivered by a mortar • Hypernyms: ↑artillery fire, ↑cannon fire …
2mortar fire — bomb or missile shot from a mortar …
3Mortar (weapon) — Part of the series on Cannon His …
4mortar — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. VERB + MORTAR ▪ be armed with, have ▪ Their troops were armed with mortars and machine guns …
5fire — Synonyms and related words: abandon, afflatus, afire, aflame, aggressiveness, agitate, aim at, air, air dry, alight, anhydrate, animate, animating spirit, animation, animus, annoy, antiaircraft fire, ardency, ardent, ardor, arouse, aroused, atom …
6mortar — mortar1 /mawr teuhr/, n. 1. a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle. 2. any of various mechanical appliances in which substances are pounded or ground. 3. a cannon very… …
7mortar — mor|tar [ˈmo:tə US ˈmo:rtər] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Old French; Origin: mortier, from Latin mortarium] 1.) [U] a mixture of ↑cement or ↑lime, and sand and water, used in building for holding bricks or stones together 2.) a heavy gun that fires… …
8Mortar — has several meanings: Mortar (masonry), material used in masonry to fill the gaps between blocks and bind them together. Mortar (weapon) fires shells at a much lower velocity and higher ballistic arc than other ordnance. Mortar (firestop),… …
9Mortar carrier — An American M1129 Mortar Carrier A mortar carrier, also known as a self propelled mortar, is a self propelled artillery vehicle carrying a mortar as it s primary weapon. Mortar carriers cannot be fired while on the move and some must be… …
10fire — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 destructive flames ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge ▪ fierce, raging ▪ serious ▪ catastrophic, devasta …
