Search Result for "babbitt metal":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction;
[syn: Babbitt metal, babbitt]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Babbitt metal \Bab"bitt met`al\ [From the inventor, Isaac Babbitt of Massachusetts.] A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Babbitt metal n 1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction [syn: Babbitt metal, babbitt]