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Meaning of putty knife | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions.
  2. A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.

Equivalents

Čeština špachtle
Deutsch Kittmesser Kittspachtel Spachtel Spachtelmesser
Suomi kittiveitsi
Français couteau à enduire couteau à mastic
Polski szpachla
Svenska spackel

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

putty medal putty powder putty rubber Puttying puttyroot puttywalla

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