pipeclay

pipeclay is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.
2. transitive verb. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.
3. transitive verb. To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts.
4. noun. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

Common word forms

pipeclays, pipeclayed, pipeclaying

Words from these letters

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