Meaning

1 senses

  1. To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.

    The main bearings were babbitted and line-bored.

    line with a Babbitt metal

Translations

1 languages

Origin

The noun is derived from Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799

The noun is derived from Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.

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Forms

babbitts, babbitting, babbitted, babbitted
Base formbabbitt · to babbitt
3rd person singularbabbitts
Present participlebabbitting
Past simplebabbitted
Past participlebabbitted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybabbitt
he, she, itbabbitts

Past simpleLesson

all personsbabbitted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave babbitted
he, she, ithas babbitted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill babbitt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
azurebbabbabbleC2babebabel
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