How to pronounce mortar in American English
“mortar” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to mortar the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “mortar” in: all accents · British English (138 clips)
“mortar” in real sentences — American speakers
410 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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60 millimeter mortar bombs.
National Archives
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mortar, machinegun, and rifle fire.
The Obama White House
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deteriorated mortar from delaminated joints.
CDC
Words that sound like “mortar”
Words one sound away from mortar — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “mortar”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mortar. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.