Definition

Noun: A building material, a workable paste used in masonry. It is a mixture of a binder (such as lime or cement), sand, and water, which hardens to bind construction blocks like bricks or stones together.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thợ xây đang trộn vôi vữa để xây tường. (The mason is mixing mortar to build the wall.)
  • Công trình cổ này sử dụng vôi vữa truyền thống. (This ancient structure uses traditional mortar.)
  • Vôi vữa đã khô cứng, gắn kết các viên gạch chắc chắn. (The mortar has dried and hardened, bonding the bricks firmly.)

Advanced Usage

• Technical Context: In construction, specific types are defined by their binder.
  • Vôi vữa vôi: Lime mortar.
  • Vôi vữa xi măng: Cement mortar.
• Figurative Use: Can describe something that binds elements together, though this is less common.
  • Tình bạn là thứ vôi vữa gắn kết họ. (Friendship is the mortar that binds them.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hồ vữa (n): Another term for mortar, often used interchangeably.
• Vữa xây (n): Masonry mortar.
• Vữa trát (n): Plaster or rendering mortar, used for coating surfaces.

Synonyms

• Mortar: The direct equivalent in English.
• Cement mix: (When referring specifically to cement-based mortar).
• Binding agent: (In a broader, functional sense).

Related Terms and Phrases

• Trộn vữa (v): To mix mortar.
• Xây bằng vữa (v): To lay bricks/blocks with mortar.
• Mạch vữa (n): Mortar joint (the line of mortar between bricks).

noun

1. mortar