babbitt metal (English, noun)
expansion: babbitt metal (countable and uncountable, plural babbitt metals)
Senses:
glosses: A soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: babbitt metals
tags: plural
form: Babbitt metal
tags: alternative
form: Babbitt's metal
tags: alternative