About | Kamus SABDA Mobile

Kata bahasa Indonesia English word

Table of Contents -- oakum POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

Link, Gadget and Share

oakum

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

oa=kum

top

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun oakum has 1 sense

oakum(n = noun.substance) - loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships;

CIDE DICTIONARY

oakum, n. [AS. ācumba; pref. (cf. G. er-, Goth. us-, orig. meaning, out) + cemban to comb, camb comb. See Comb.].

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. [1913 Webster]

The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling. Knight. [1913 Webster]

White oakum, that made from untarred rope.

top

OXFORD DICTIONARY

oakum, n. a loose fibre obtained by picking old rope to pieces and used esp. in caulking.

Etymology

OE {aelig}cumbe, acumbe, lit. 'off-combings'

top

ROGET THESAURUS

oakum

Filament
N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.