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putty

/ˈpʌti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
put-ty
IPA
/ˈpʌti/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of a range of similar substances.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of a range of similar substances.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

verb

To fix or fill using putty.

Transitive verb

noun

Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).

name

A locality in the Hawkesbury council area and the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

putties (plural) putties (present, singular) puttying (participle, present) puttied (participle, past) puttied (past)

Derived Forms

puttyish puttyless puttylike puttyroot puttier reputty unputtied

Phrases

glazier's putty nose putty putty-hearted putty in someone's fingers putty in someone's hands putty knife putty medal putty powder

Rhymes With

nutty cutty slutty silly putty smutty butty dutty rutty gutty tutty suttee

Questions

How do you pronounce putty?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌti/.
What does putty mean?
A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
Where does putty come from?
It is traced to French.

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