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⚙️ A soft alloy 🔧 To line with metal
to babbitt

to babbitt

9.9
To line bearings in machines with a soft metal to reduce rubbing
  • verb
  • /ˈbæbɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recubrir con babbitt
  • The mechanic will babbitt the bearing to ensure smooth operation of the machine.

Examples

  • After years of use, the old shaft needed to be babbitted again.

  • They specialize in babbitting industrial equipment for various manufacturing plants.

  • The mechanic will babbitt the engine bearings.

  • We need to babbitt the new parts for the machine.

  • The mechanic will babbitt the bearing to ensure smooth operation of the machine.

  • After years of use, the old shaft needed to be babbitted again.

  • They specialize in babbitting industrial equipment for various manufacturing plants.

Compounds

Babbitt metal
  • Specialized
9.6

A soft metal made from tin and small amounts of other metals used to line bearings to reduce friction

How Lined

to babbitt
  • Specialized
9.9
to line
206 5.1

Surface Forms

babbitt infinitive
babbitted past
babbitted past participle
babbitting present participle
babbitts third person singular

Etymology

The verb babbitt comes from the metal name and the inventor Isaac Babbitt. To babbitt a bearing means to put a babbitt lining on it 'to make parts move more easily', which is why the verb means to cover a part with that metal.