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Meanings of putty in English

Russian
мастика
Spanish
masilla
Catalan
massilla
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Any doughy material used as sealant or filler.

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          мастика

          Shade of brown.

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                Examples for "putty color"
                Examples for "putty color"
                1
                I don't suppose you would consider... that is, I wonder if you have any... He had turned a pale, putty color.
                Caleb's crossing
                2
                She carefully accentuated her features with makeup, layering putty color beneath her eyes to erase the dark circles that came from restless nights.
                On mystic lake
                3
                All nail holes are to be filled with putty colored to match the finish.
                Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 2
                4
                Affix the braces just after filling, using brads and puttying the holes with putty colored to match the filler.
                Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1
                5
                After placing the wires and bulbs and testing, the grooves are filled with "mache" or putty colored to match the other surface.
                Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit / A Guide for Those Who W...
                Usage of putty in English
                1
                Lumley left his thumb-prints in the putty he stuck in his window-sash.
                The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
                2
                But the State has settled putty fast in the last twenty-five years.
                Dave Porter in the Gold Fields; Or, The Search for the Landslide...
                3
                The seams looked like the putty mountain chains of the geography class.
                Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
                4
                The emanations from paint and putty are often fatal in new tanks.
                The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 / A Mag...
                5
                Back at your desk, you remove the power putty from your drawer.
                Climbing Magazine
                6
                I guessed Bill had probably used a putty-knife to scrape it off.
                Bag of Bones
                7
                Using flexible putty as resistance training is ideal for hands and fingers.
                Climbing Magazine
                8
                For the tenth of a second-nolonger-thesteel was soft as putty.
                The Pirates of Ersatz
                9
                The grinder will soften set putty and will quickly prepare cold putty.
                The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                10
                This is something quite different from the plasticity of putty or wax.
                Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
                11
                That putty-white countenance had a crimson plash on it ere it vanished.
                The Red Axe
                12
                Bellingham had half risen, and his face was the colour of putty.
                Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
                13
                To this hour I am not positive that it was not putty.
                Diary of a Pilgrimage
                14
                If anything, the putty-like pallor of his face became still more ghastly.
                A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
                15
                That hole is filled with putty, but underneath the putty is wax.
                The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon
                16
                Would I cease to be putty in the hands of other people?
                A Fool and His Money
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                Translations for putty
                Spanish
                masilla
                Catalan
                massilla
                Putty through the time
                Putty across language varieties
                United Kingdom
                Common
                United States of America
                Common