We found 30 dictionaries that define the word
oakum:
General (25 matching dictionaries)
- oakum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- oakum: Merriam-Webster
- oakum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- oakum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- oakum: Collins English Dictionary
- oakum: Vocabulary.com
- Oakum, oakum: Wordnik
- oakum: Wiktionary
- oakum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- oakum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- oakum: Infoplease Dictionary
- Oakum, oakum: Dictionary.com
- oakum: Online Etymology Dictionary
- Oakum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Oakum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- oakum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- oakum: Rhymezone
- Oakum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- oakum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- Oakum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
- oakum: FreeDictionary.org
- oakum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
- oakum: Mnemonic Dictionary
- oakum: TheFreeDictionary.com
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- oakum: Encyclopedia
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- oakum: Urban Dictionary
Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
- Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
- Oakum: Construction Glossary
- SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
▸ noun: Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
▸ noun: Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.
hackle,
flaxcomb,
heckling,
strick,
hards,
hickory,
rougher,
swingling tow,
rock,
hatchel,
more...
little,
old,
tarred,
more,
wet,
soaked,
mere,
white,
twisted,
coarse,
usual
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