Cement mortar

Wall of granite with cement mortar

Description

Any cement used for mortar of masonry walls. Masonry cements usually start with a portland cement base with hydrated lime, crushed limestone, diatomaceous earth, or granulated slag additions to aid in spreading.

Synonyms and Related Terms

"mortier de ciment (Fr.); plâtre à enduit (Fr.); argamassa de cimento (Port.)

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 173

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Ivan Myjer, contributed information, 1998

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000