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PUTTY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: puttied   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("putty" is a kind of...):

cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)

filler (used for filling cracks or holes in a surface)

Derivation:

putty (apply putty in order to fix or fill)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply putty in order to fix or fill

Example:

putty the window sash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "putty" is one way to...):

apply; put on (apply to a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

putty (a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass)

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