chunam

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /tʃʊˈnɑːm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection. Hong-Kong,India,uncountable,usually
    — The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of chunam.
动词 v.
  1. To plaster or waterproof with chunam. transitive
    — A PUNT FOR SALE, thirty-four feet long, twelve feet broad, and three feet ten inches deep, chunamed, sheathed, and coppered, carries about fifteen tons.

词形变化

chunams plural chunams present,singular,third-person chunaming participle,present chunamming participle,present chunamed participle,past chunamed past chunammed participle,past chunammed past

词源

词源 1
From Tamil சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam, “lime, ground mortar”), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, “powder; lime”).
词源 2
From Tamil சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam, “lime, ground mortar”), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, “powder; lime”).
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