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Mastic
Meaning
Noun
●
In Sumac family plants:
An
evergreen
shrub
or small
tree
, Pistacia
lentiscus
(mastic
tree
),
native
to the Mediterranean.
●
In Alcoholic beverages, Gums and resins & Spices and herbs:
A
hard
,
brittle
,
aromatic
and
transparent
resin
produced
by this
tree
and used to make
varnishes
and
chewing gum
, and as a flavouring.
●
In Gums and resins:
An
alcoholic
liquor
flavoured
with this
resin.
●
In Gums and resins:
A
flexible
,
waterproof
cement
used as an
adhesive
,
sealant
or filler.
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Origin
mastic
English
mastiche
Latin
μαστίχη
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
μαστιχάω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Sealant
Shellac
Resin
Bitumen
Adhesive
Lacquer
Plaster
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Filler
Butyl Rubber
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Rhymes
Mastic
Nastic
Plastic
Drastic
Spastic
Elastic
Clastic
Gelastic
Aclastic
Monastic
Dynastic
Silastic
Aplastic
Orgastic
Chiastic
Orgiastic
Unelastic
Sarcastic
Bombastic
Inelastic
Emplastic
Epinastic
Gymnastic
Onomastic
Fantastic
Peirastic
Agelastic
Stoquastic
Pleonastic
Scholastic
Anaplastic
Anaclastic
Chiliastic
Dysplastic
Epiblastic
Zooplastic
Docimastic
Synclastic
Stochastic
Epispastic
Homoplastic
Ectoblastic
Ceroplastic
Holoblastic
Nyctinastic
Antispastic
Hudibrastic
Alloplastic
Anticlastic
Pyroclastic
Cataclastic
Homoblastic
Autoplastic
Paederastic
Esemplastic
Encomiastic
Ectoplastic
Viscoelastic
Enthusiastic
Superplastic
Paraphrastic
Ecclesiastic
Holophrastic
Septoplastic
Cosmoplastic
Periphrastic
Hydroelastic
Palinspastic
Antiphrastic
Rhinoplastic
Iconoclastic
Trophoblastic
Heteroblastic
Heteroplastic
Thermoplastic
Galvanoplastic
Unenthusiastic
Antineoplastic
Achondroplastic
Spermatoblastic
Autoschediastic
Overenthusiastic
Septorhinoplastic
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