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lut

lut

9.9
A clay paste used to join and fill cracks in pottery
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Before firing the ceramic vessel, they filled the cracks with lut to prevent leaks.

Examples

  • The potter applied lut to the edges of the lid to ensure a tight seal.

  • Traditional kilns often use lut to join clay pipes and make them watertight.

  • The artist used a special lut for her sculpture.

  • Can you pass me the lut for the pottery?

  • The potter applied lut to the edges of the lid to ensure a tight seal.

  • Before firing the ceramic vessel, they filled the cracks with lut to prevent leaks.

  • Traditional kilns often use lut to join clay pipes and make them watertight.

Synonyms

lute
vslut
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A thick material used to cover joints and stop leaks

is a clay paste artists use to seal and shape objects
luting
vslut
  • Specialized
9.9

A material used to fill joints or cover surfaces to stop leaks

is a clay or paste potters use for sealing, shaping, or molding objects

Compounds

Dasht-e Lut
9.9

A very hot desert in eastern Iran with unusual salt and sand formations

Lut Desert
8.1

A large desert in eastern Iran that has very hot weather and salt flats

Surface Forms

lut singular
luts plural

Etymology

Lut comes from the old Latin word lutum, which means 'mud'. Think of sticky mud or clay used to seal and shape things, and you can see why lut means the paste a potter or artist uses to join or seal pottery.