Cover and Mortar

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Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Mortar and cover are semantically related in coat with plaster topic. In some cases you can use "Mortar" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Mortar verb - Plaster with mortar.

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Cover and mortar are semantically related in coat with plaster topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Mortar".

Nearby Words: mortared, mortarboard, mortaring

It is common to see Baba riding in the mortar (on the ground), whipping the mortar with the pestle to make it go faster, and using the broom to cover up her tracks.

Source: Literature / Baba Yaga
After the infamous "Hitler Rants" scene in Downfall, Hitler's generals wordlessly partake in one, pausing only briefly to take cover from incoming mortar fire.

Source: One Last Smoke
Hitler's top officers exit the bunker and wordlessly pass around cigarettes and matches, only pausing to take cover from incoming mortar fire.

Source: Cigarette of Anxiety

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