Meanings
nounputty knife (plural putty knives)
plural putty knives
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.
Similar
Translations
French couteau à mastic, couteau à enduire
- couteau à mastica hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions
- couteau à enduirea similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
German Spachtelmesser, Spachtel
- Spachtelmessera similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- Spachtela similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- Kittspachtela similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- Kittmessera similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
Hungarian spakli, spakni
- spaklia similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- spaknia similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- spachtlia similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- simítókésa similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
- kaparókanála similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
Māori rapa herepuru, rapa herepuru
- rapa herepurua hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions
- rapa herepurua similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
Polish szpachla, szpachla
- szpachlaa hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions
- szpachlaa similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
Swedish spackel
- spackela similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks
Cite this entry
APA
putty knife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putty%20knife
MLA
“putty knife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putty%20knife. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “putty knife,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putty%20knife.
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