Dictionary Entry
oakum
oakum is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
- 2noun
The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.
- 3noun
loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
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