Look up: Babbitt


  1. babbitt
    [v] - line with a Babbitt metal
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=babbitt

  2. Babbitt
    A soft antifriction metal used to line bearings. Made of tin, antimony, lead, and copper.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/b/a/babbitt/source.html

  3. Babbitt
    Satirical novel 1922 by Sinclair Lewis about a Midwestern businessman obsessed with commerce, clubs, and material values. `Babbittry` came to mean a type of...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Babbitt
    Bab'bitt transitive verb To line with Babbitt metal.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/1

  5. babbitt
    verb line with a Babbitt metal
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=babbitt

  6. Babbitt
    • (v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/babbitt/

  7. Babbitt
    (from the article `Lewis, Sinclair`) In 1922 Lewis published Babbitt, a study of the complacent American whose individuality has been sucked out of him by Rotary clubs, business ideals, ... ...writer with real emotional intensity, Sinclair Lewis was best as a social critic. His onslaughts against th...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/1

  8. Babbitt
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bab′it Definitions: 1. Isaac, U.S. inventor, 1799-1862. See: Babbitt metal
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=9061

  9. Babbitt
    [metal] Babbitt, also called Babbitt metal or bearing metal, is any of several alloys used for the bearing surface in a plain bearing. The original Babbitt metal was invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. Other formulations were later developed (and Isaac Babbitt`s...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(metal)

  10. Babbitt
    [novel] Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity. As is indicated in many editions of the book, the wor...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(novel)

  11. Babbitt
    The USS Babbitt was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Babbitt was powered by four oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelv...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RB.HTM

  12. Babbitt
    a soft, white, non-ferrous alloy bearing material composed principally of copper, antimony, tin and lead.
    Found op http://www.noria.com/dictionary/default.html?definitionsearch=xqxqxqxq222&a

  13. babbitt
    1) 'rain man' family name 2) Alloy 3) Babbitt metal 4) City in st louis county minnesota, usa 5) Fictional hero from zenith 6) Lewis's title conformist 7) Metal 8) Novel set in the fictional town of zenith 9) Sinclair lewis novel 10)
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/babbitt/1

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