putty

putty is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 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 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.
2. transitive verb. To cement, or stop, with putty.
3. noun. a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
4. verb. apply putty in order to fix or fill

   "putty the window sash"

Common word forms

puttied, puttier, putties, puttying, puttyless

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