mortar
A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.
In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing