Preposition: with

• cement: Each barbecue contains approximately 10 sectional components ( of which only two require mortaring with the cement provided ).

Adjective modifier

• lime: In some places the lime mortar was frankly just sand.

• factory-produced: Question: How do factory-produced mortars differ from site mixed mortars?

• 81mm: With a garrison of 200 men, the only offensive armament was the 81mm mortar.

• lime-based: The whole structure was then repointed with lime-based mortar.

• hydraulic: Hydraulic lime mortars should be used within a few hours of mixing.

• haired: I can understand wanting to used haired plaster but haired mortar seems a bit odd.

Modifies a noun

• platoon: The battalion mortar platoon leader provides effective coordination with the FSE on all mortar matters.

• bomb: Then without any warning, a mortar bomb burst about ten yards in front of our section.

• filet: Metal flashings and mortar filets are designed to divert water away from vulnerable areas.

• shell: In January, Danish troops in southern Iraq discovered mortar shells they believed to contain a blister agent.

• bedding: They also form channels to take away water that may penetrate the mortar bedding, which is not 100 percent waterproof.

• barrage: Under cover of a mortar barrage the Irgun men began carving two tunnels through the buildings of Jaffa.

Preposition: between

• brick: These lipid molecules join up and form a tough connecting network, in effect acting as the mortar between the bricks of a wall.

Noun used with modifier

• spigot: The spigot mortar bases were allotted to the Home Guard.

• thin-layer: Thin-layer mortar joints should be formed between 1mm and 3mm thick using the proprietary scoops available from the manufacturer.

• ash/lime: All panels in east gable have been rebuilt with a hard gray ash/lime mortar.

• cement: Pointing is sometimes carried out in cement mortar rather than the original lime mortar.

• trench: We get very heavy gun and trench mortar fire, almost enough to drive us mad.

• lime: In some places the original lime mortar was, frankly, just sand.