mortar

Example Sentences

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Dimly, Jonah wondered how the builder had done that, how the flimsy metal mailbox wasn’t crushed by the heavy bricks and mortar.

From Literature

Mawuli plucked it, then pounded boiled palm nuts in the narrow wooden mortar to help Ma prepare the palm soup.

From Literature

It’s not just about bricks and mortar and shelter.

From Los Angeles Times

Coolidge concluded by echoing a historian’s judgment that “Hebraic mortar cemented the foundations of American democracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Paint traps moisture, ruins the mortar, weakens and cracks the rock,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal