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mastic
n.
resin taken from the bark of the mastic tree and used to produce varnish
Mastic
Mastic may refer to:
Adhesives and pastes
- Mastic (plant resin)
- Mastic asphalt, or asphalt, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
- Mastic cold porcelain
- Mastic, high-grade construction adhesive commonly used to bond ceiling, wall, and floor tiles, plywood panels, concrete, asphalt, leather and fabric.
- Mastic, waterproof, putty-like paste used in building as a joint-sealer or filler
- Stone mastic asphalt, deformation resistant, durable surfacing material
mastic
Noun
1. an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
(hypernym) natural resin
2. a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
(hypernym) cement
mastic
adj.
mastic
mastic
nm.
mastic, resin taken from the bark of the mastic tree and used to produce varnish
Mastic
(n.)
A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
(n.)
A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
(n.)
A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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