单词 | putty |
释义 | putty/ˈpʌti /noun [mass noun] 1A soft, malleable greyish-yellow paste, made from ground chalk and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used for sealing glass in window frames and filling holes in wood: countersink the screws so they can be covered with putty [count noun]: the manufacture of paints and putties...
1.1 [usually with modifier] Any of a number of similar malleable substances used inside and outside buildings, e.g. plumber’s putty, lime putty, or used for modelling or casting, e.g. epoxy putty.Apply a bead of plumber's putty (not caulk) on the underside of the flange on the drain to seal it with the sink....
2A polishing powder, usually made from tin oxide, used in jewellery work.Polishing on a brush wheel with putty powder retained the crispness and grain marks of the stone wheels. verb (putties, puttying, puttied) [with object] Seal or cover (something) with putty: give me a minute until I putty these windows in (as adjective puttied) lightly puttied joints...
Phrasesbe (like) putty in someone's hands up to putty OriginMid 17th century: from French potée, literally 'potful', from pot 'pot'. Rhymes |
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