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Meanings of primer in English

Catalan
cartilla
Wikidata

Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.

        cartilla
        Russian
        левкас
        Portuguese
        primer
        Catalan
        emprimació
        Spanish
        imprimacion

        The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.

            левкас

            Book used to teach the alphabet.

                  Usage of primer in English
                  1
                  She said they wanted to put on some kind of citizens' primer.
                  The new yorker
                  2
                  True 'Pac believers may well feel short-changed by Benny Boom's respectful primer.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  Then find Miss Betty and read her a page in the primer.
                  An Unwilling Maid / Being the History of Certain Episodes during...
                  4
                  Dab on a good primer to keep the fine glitter from creasing.
                  Ebony
                  5
                  Despite its importance, the mechanism of RNA-DNA primer synthesis remains poorly understood.
                  Pubmed
                  6
                  Use a primer that smoothes skin and also keeps oil at bay.
                  Jamaica Observer
                  7
                  But it was only the primer cord of greater things to come.
                  Map of bones
                  8
                  For a generally unglamorous and rather functional product, primer elicits much conversation.
                  The Irish Times
                  9
                  A charming escort he is, too-grimmer than old Time in the primer.
                  Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
                  10
                  A primer of information about the history and uses of italic letters.
                  Division of Words / Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends ...
                  11
                  She had learned to read the primer and to write her name.
                  American Indian Stories
                  12
                  This primer was illustrated with Bible pictures and contained the shorter catechism.
                  The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academ...
                  13
                  First, a primer on the complex relationship between the US and immigrants.
                  The Guardian
                  14
                  Like your primer, apply your shadow wherever you want the most color.
                  Ebony
                  15
                  He can read his primer, and I have brought down my Virgil.
                  English Literature for Boys and Girls
                  16
                  I don't even remember the color, just those spots of primer paint.
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                  Translations for primer
                  Portuguese
                  primer
                  Primer through the time
                  Primer across language varieties
                  United States of America
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common