Definitions for balata

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balata ba·la·ta

Spelling: [buh-lah-tuh, bal-uh

IPA: /bəˈlɑ tə, ˈbæl ə tə/

Balata is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in balata (aaablt).

Definitions for balata

noun

1. a nonelastic, rubberlike, water-resistant gum that softens in hot water and is obtained from the latex of a tropical American tree, Manilkara bidentata: used chiefly in the manufacture of machinery belts, golf ball covers, and as a substitute for gutta percha. Compare bully tree.
2. a tree, Mimusops balata, of Madagascar.

Origin of balata

1855-60; American Spanish Carib

Examples for balata

Actually, he knew he could get an easy twenty-five balata for the bauble in Karth.

Timber is cut, and balata and rubber collected, from crown lands by licences issued from the department of Lands and Mines.

Distinct from rubber, but closely akin to it, are the two materials known as gutta-percha and balata.

balata, a vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully.

Then he makes a dabree, a large tray about half a foot deep, in which balata latex is coagulated.

The properties of balata correspond with its composition, and it may therefore be classed as an inferior gutta percha.

balata bands may be used in place of india-rubber, but though less expensive are not so lasting.

The joins are dried in the sun, after which the tray is made water-tight with a lining of balata.

At balata it is said that the city gate of ancient Shechem was uncovered.