frit (countable and uncountable, plural frits)
A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
(archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
frit (third-person singular simple present frits, present participle fritting, simple past and past participle fritted)
To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
frit (comparative more frit, superlative most frit)
(UK, regional) Frightened.
frit (plural frits)
A frit fly.
• FTIR, rift
Source: Wiktionary
Frit, n. Etym: [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
1. (Glass Making)
Definition: The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.
2. (Ceramics)
Definition: The material for glaze of pottery. Frit brick, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.
Frit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.]
Definition: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.
Frit, v. t.
Definition: To fritter; -- with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
