priming

priming is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Prime. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Prime
2. noun. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
3. noun. The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
4. noun. The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
5. noun. the act of making something ready
6. noun. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

   Synonyms: ground, primer, undercoat

7. noun. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

   Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer

Synonyms

ground, primer, undercoat, fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee

Common word forms

prim, prime, primings

Words from these letters

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