Cement vs. Mortar

Cementnoun

A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

Mortarnoun

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

Cementnoun

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance (concrete) that forms when it dries.

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.

Cementnoun

(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.

Mortarnoun

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

Cementnoun

(figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.

‘the cement of our love’;

Mortarverb

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

Cementnoun

(anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Mortarverb

(transitive) To pound in a mortar.

Cementverb

(transitive) To affix with cement.

Mortarverb

To fire a mortar (weapon).

Cementverb

(transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.

‘to cement a cellar floor’;

Mortarnoun

A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

Cementverb

To unite firmly or closely.

Mortarnoun

A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45°, and even higher; - so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.

Cementverb

(figuratively) To make permanent.

Mortarnoun

A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; - used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.

Cementnoun

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

Mortarnoun

A chamber lamp or light.

Cementnoun

A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

Mortarverb

To plaster or make fast with mortar.

Cementnoun

The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.

Mortarnoun

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

Cementnoun

Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.

Mortarnoun

used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

Cementnoun

The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; - called also cementum.

Mortarnoun

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

Cementverb

To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.

Mortarverb

plaster with mortar;

‘mortar the wall’;

Cementverb

To unite firmly or closely.

Mortarnoun

a short smooth-bore gun for firing shells (technically called bombs) at high angles

‘mortars and machine guns’; ‘nine civilians died in a horrific mortar attack’;

Cementverb

To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

Mortarnoun

a device used for firing a lifeline or firework.

Cementverb

To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

Mortarnoun

a cup-shaped receptacle in which ingredients are crushed or ground, used in cooking or pharmacy

‘a pestle and mortar’;

Cementnoun

concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement;

‘they stood on the gray cement beside the pool’;

Mortarnoun

a mixture of lime with cement, sand, and water, used in building to bond bricks or stones.

Cementnoun

a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

Mortarverb

attack or bombard with a mortar

‘at first light the mortaring and sniping started’; ‘the Commando positions were being heavily mortared’;

Cementnoun

something that hardens to act as adhesive material

Mortarverb

fix or join using mortar

‘the pipe can be mortared in place’;

Cementnoun

any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

Cementnoun

a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Cementverb

make fast as if with cement;

‘We cemented our friendship’;

Cementverb

cover or coat with cement

Cementverb

bind or join with or as if with cement

Cement

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together.