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Glue vs Mortar - What's the difference?

glue | mortar |

As nouns the difference between glue and mortar

is that glue is a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance while mortar is .

As a verb glue

is to join or attach something using glue.

glue

English

(wikipedia glue)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
  • (obsolete) Birdlime.
  • Derived terms

    * bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glue

    Verb

  • To join or attach something using glue.
  • I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
  • * '>citation
  • To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
  • His eyes were glued to the screen.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.

    Derived terms

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    Anagrams

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    mortar

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones.
  • (countable, military) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
  • (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
  • Derived terms

    * mortarboard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
  • To fire a mortar (weapon)
  • See also

    * gun * howitzer ----