Associations to the word «Babbitt»
Noun
- Foreword
- Interior
- Phelps
- Charley
- Carrie
- Fellows
- Fireplace
- Igor
- Cage
- Premiere
- Cigar
- Purchasing
- Dinner
- Embarrassment
- Carter
- Conrad
- Walt
- Mortgage
- Bassist
- Parcel
- Aisle
- Brothers
- Scalp
- Sidney
- Paul
- Adler
- Patriotism
- Appreciation
- Composition
- Edwin
- Compartment
- Olivier
- Dd
- Maxwell
- Reich
- Banker
- Headache
- Acquaintance
- Cigarette
- Real
- Davenport
- Advertisement
- Lunch
- Motor
- Tailor
- Satire
- Drove
- Advocate
- Raymond
- Interruption
- Secretary
- Businessman
- Trance
- Glen
- Maine
- Bronze
- Theodore
- Rogers
- Why
- Inventor
- Delegate
- Falls
- Rent
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
BABBITT, noun. Babbitt metal.
BABBITT, verb. (transitive) To line with Babbitt metal to reduce friction.
BABBITT, noun. A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals
BABBITT, noun. A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals
BABBITT METAL, noun. 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.
BABBITT METALS, noun. Plural of Babbitt metal
Dictionary definition
BABBITT, noun. An alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction.
BABBITT, verb. Line with a Babbitt metal.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.