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frit.

A pre-fused ceramic mixture used to make glass and glazes.

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Meaning & usage

noun/fɹɪt/
  1. A pre-fused ceramic mixture used to make glass and glazes.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Such material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)

    countable · uncountable
  3. Such material that is resistant to melting and used to physically support objects in a crucible.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A material, whether ceramic, plastic or some other material, that is used for support in chemical apparatus.

    countable · uncountable
  5. Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).

verb/fɹɪt/
  1. To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture

  2. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

Where this word comes from

Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).

adj/fɹɪt/
  1. Frightened.

    UK · especially · regional
Where this word comes from

Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”). By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.

noun/fɹɪt/
  1. A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.

    UK · derogatory
Where this word comes from

Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”). By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.

noun/fɹɪt/
  1. A frit fly.

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