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adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A locality in the Hawkesbury council area and the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a range of similar substances.
An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of a range of similar substances.
A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To fix or fill using putty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cement, filler
verb
apply putty in order to fix or fill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: put on, apply
History
Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.
Across languages
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
