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Babbitts

noun
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
2.nounShort for babbitt metal, Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).
3.verbTo line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.

Synonyms

Babbitt's metalbearing metalbabbitt metalbabbitbabblerbobbittbabismbabingtonbarnabiteboggsbittsbickerton

Rhymes With

habitsrabbitsinhabitsabbotsabitzgrab itsslab huts
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