"putty knife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: putty knives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|putty knives}} putty knife (plural putty knives)
  1. A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions. Translations (a hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions): couteau à mastic [masculine] (French), rapa herepuru (Māori), szpachla [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-putty_knife-en-noun-BGKBVAcy Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'a hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions': 88 12
  2. A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks. Synonyms (tool with wide, flat blade): spatula Translations (a similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks): couteau à enduire [masculine] (French), Spachtelmesser [neuter] (German), Spachtel [feminine, masculine] (German), Kittspachtel [masculine] (German), Kittmesser [neuter] (German), spakli (Hungarian), spakni (Hungarian), spachtli (Hungarian), simítókés (Hungarian), kaparókanál (Hungarian), rapa herepuru (Māori), مابلاق (mablak) (Ottoman Turkish), szpachla [feminine] (Polish), spackel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-putty_knife-en-noun-jDid~iNe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Tools Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Tools: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'tool with wide, flat blade': 33 67 Disambiguation of 'a similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks': 12 88

Inflected forms

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