putty

Speech parts

1. putty - Noun

2. putty - Adjective

3. putty - Verb

Meaning

A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.

To cement, or stop, with putty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

caulk mastic filler sealant crete clay lute glazier size binder bock chit apply concrete bond
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Antonyms

different partial irregular biased disagree uneven
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Hypernyms

apply cement filler put on

Phrases with the word

putty in someone's hands like putty in one's hands lime putty knife used for spreading putty implement for applying putty tool used for applying putty

Derivatives

puttied puttying

Examples

They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them. Kim Stanley Robinson

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands. Douglas Sirk

But of course there's no logic to San Francisco generally, a city built with putty and pipe cleaners, rubber cement and colored construction paper. It's the work of fairies, elves, happy children with new crayons. Dave Eggers

Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you. Billy Mays

I think that, like in my writing, reality is always a soap bubble, Silly Putty thing anyway. Philip K. Dick

People without memory are putty. Naomi Klein

Close letter words and terms

puttony puttoo puttun putty in hands putty in someone's hands putty in the hands of someone