babbitts
Meaning of babbitts
noun
A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
noun
Short 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”).
verb
To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
Information about babbitts
- The singular form of babbitts is: babbitt.
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Hyphenation of babbitts
bab-bitts
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- babbitts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with babbitts
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