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
I could wish that she did not wrap her putties, one from the inside out, and the other from the outside in.
From Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone by Emerson Hough
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
In civil life the men wear loose shirts belted round the waist, cloth putties on the legs, and, in summer, shoes of plaited straw on the feet.
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
