Definitions for dammars

dammars dam·mar

Spelling: [dam-ahr, -er, duh-mahr]
IPA: /ˈdæm ɑr, -ər, dəˈmɑr/

Dammars is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in dammars (aadmmrs).

Definitions for dammars

noun

  1. Also called gum dammar. a copallike resin derived largely from dipterocarpaceous trees of southern Asia, especially Malaya and Sumatra, and used chiefly for making colorless varnish.
  2. any of various similar resins from trees of other families.

Origin of dammars

First recorded in 1690-1700, dammar is from the Malay word damar

Examples for dammars

The brain and spinal cord should be embedded in paraffin or a carrot, and the section mounted in dammar.

The Malays called it dammar, and use it largely for torches.

The ink is the root of the dammar pine, mixed with the juice of the sugar cane.

dammar is besides a generic Indian name for various other resins, which, however, are little known in western commerce.

dammar is the product of a tree growing in the East Indies; it is the basis of a very fine white varnish.

The ebony, the dammar, the tree that yields the finest dragonʼs blood in the world, all abound here.

When sufficiently thin and transparent, mount in rectified spirits or dammar.

To prepare it, dissolve one-half ounce of dammar rosin and one-half ounce of gum mastic in three ounces of benzole, and filter.

An oil is obtained from the seeds, and a resin similar to dammar resin is likewise obtained from the tree.

For impregnation with the dammar solution the object must first be dried, and the air-pump used in the way described on p. 68.

Word Value for dammars
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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