putty
noun
a compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.
putties
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pluralof putty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof putty (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
puttynouna compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.
Example Sentences
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Dubuffet has rushed from mixed pastes and putties to butterfly-wing collages to painting with knives and forks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lina wrapped her legs in putties to prevent varicose veins.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
With the same rude materials we made an excellent flying bridge which, moved by the swift current, floated backwards and forwards across the river on ropes made from the puggris and putties.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
Their putties were not soaked and not caked; say, rather, that there may have been a core of puttie inside, but that the men's legs were imbedded in a serpentine cast of clay.
From Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Some of them had no pouches or water-bottles or overcoats, while others had to stick their bayonets in their putties or tie them to their belts with string.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott
