Meanings
nounlife mortar (plural life mortars)
plural life mortars
- historicalA mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress.
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life mortar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20mortar
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“life mortar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20mortar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life mortar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20mortar.
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