Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life mortar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: life -mor-tar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress.

Inflected Forms

life mortars (plural)

Questions

What does life mortar mean?: A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress.

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