babbitt
(verb) line with a Babbitt metal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
babbitt (countable and uncountable, plural babbitts)
A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
Synonyms: Babbitt metal, Babbitt's metal, babbitt metal, bearing metal
babbitt (third-person singular simple present babbitts, present participle babbitting, simple past and past participle babbitted)
(transitive) To line with this metal to reduce friction.
babbitt (plural babbitts)
A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
Babbitt (plural Babbitts)
Alternative form of babbitt
Source: Wiktionary
Bab"bitt, v. t.
Definition: To line with Babbitt metal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
