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Mortar vs Mixer - What's the difference?

mortar | mixer |

As nouns the difference between mortar and mixer

is that mortar is while mixer is food processor.

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)

    • Related terms

    * bricks and mortar

    See also

    * gun * howitzer ----

    mixer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something who mixes; the agent noun of mix .
  • *
    • Bad mixer as he was, he preferred to be "out of it" in a crowd than out of it altogether.
  • A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
  • A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
    • Do we have any mixers ? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
  • mixing console
  • (senseid)(US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.

    • Hyponyms

    * cement mixer * electric whisk * hand mixer

    Coordinate terms

    * blender * food processor

    Related terms

    * mix * mixture

    External links

    * (drink mixer)

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns ----