Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skim coat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: skim -coat
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother.

Example Sentences

"You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain. Then sand again, and apply a second skim coat, if needed."
"A skim coat touches up small voids."
"The final step before block sanding the skim coat is to draw a line along the length of the body line that divides the panel in half."

Inflected Forms

skim coats (plural)

Questions

What does skim coat mean?: A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother.

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