Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trench mortar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: trench -mor-tar
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.

Example Sentences

"The medical captain, ‘What hit you?’ Me, with the eyes shut, ‘A trench-mortar shell.’"

Inflected Forms

trench mortars (plural) trench-mortar (alternative)

Synonyms

TM toc emma mortar howitzer

Questions

What does trench mortar mean?: A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.

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