putty knife

English

a glazier's putty knife

generic putty knives

Noun

putty knife (plural putty knives)

A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions.
A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.

Synonyms

(tool with wide, flat blade): spatula

Translations

a hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions

a similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks

German: Spachtelmesser n, Spachtel m, f, Kittspachtel m, Kittmesser n

Hungarian: spakli (hu), spakni, spachtli, simítókés, kaparókanál

References

putty knife at OneLook Dictionary Search
putty knife in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
putty knife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Putty knives on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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