Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by function]
6. filler (inert additive)

Narrower term/s

• [mortar by composition or origin][+]
  • cement mortar
  • clay mortar [+]
    • clay-and-hair mortar
  • gypsum mortar
  • lime-sand mortar [+]
    • cocciopesto
  • lime mortar [+]
    • fat mortar
    • lean mortar
  • mud mortar
• [mortar by function][+]
  • grout [+]
    • steel reinforced grout
  • hydraulic mortar
• [mortar by property][+]
  • dry mortar
  • polymer-impregnated mortar
  • air-entrained mortar
  • textile-reinforced mortar

Anotations

Scope note:

A pasty building material that sets to form a hard, infusible solid. Most mortars are mixtures of lime, plaster of Paris, or cement with sand and water. It is used to fill the joints of brick and stone masonry and for other purposes.