/ˈpʌti/
OriginBorrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.
- countable, uncountableA form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
- countable, uncountableAn oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
- countable, uncountableA fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
- colloquial, countable, uncountableA golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
- not-comparableOf, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
- transitiveTo fix or fill using putty.
- A locality in the Hawkesbury council area and the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Formsputties(plural) · putties(present, singular, third-person) · puttying(participle, present) · puttied(participle, past) · puttied(past)