chunam
UK/tʃʊˈnɑːm/
chunam noun: a type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
Noun
chunam (usually uncountable, plural chunams)
- A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
- The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of chunam.1808–1810, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 226
- In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from the remotest ages.1834, Rám Ráz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús, London: […] [F]or the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; by John William Parker, […], →OCLC, page 64
Verb
chunam (third-person singular simple present chunams, present participle chunaming or chunamming, simple past and past participle chunamed or chunammed)
- To plaster or waterproof with chunam.
- A PUNT FOR SALE, thirty-four feet long, twelve feet broad, and three feet ten inches deep, chunamed, sheathed, and coppered, carries about fifteen tons.The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 8 March 1848
chunam meaning in Tamil and Gujarati
chunam in Tamil
- தளம், நவலோகக்குப்பி, வட்டுவம், வெற்றிலைத்தட்டு, வெற்றிலைப்பெட்டி
chunam in Gujarati
- chunam
- ચૂનો cūno
Examples of chunam in a sentence
- The floor of the room was of polished chunam, white as curds.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “On the City Wall”, in In Black and White (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 3), 5th edition...
- Look at the chunam coming off the walls.1924 June 4, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, A Passage to India, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC:
- If the slope has to be covered by shotcrete or chunam, tree rings of sufficient size should be provided to allow adequate supply of air and water to reach the tree roots.2009, Buildings Department, Improvement of Visual Appearance and Landscape Treatment for Man-made Slopes and Retaining Walls
Forms of chunam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chunams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chunams |
| present participle | chunaming |
| present participle | chunamming |
| past participle | chunamed |
| past | chunamed |
| past participle | chunammed |
| past | chunammed |
Origin of chunam
From Tamil சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam, “lime, ground mortar”), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, “powder; lime”).
Questions about chunam
- What does chunam mean?
- Chunam means a type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
- What is chunam in Tamil?
- Chunam in Tamil is தளம், நவலோகக்குப்பி, வட்டுவம். See Chunam meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use chunam in a sentence?
- The floor of the room was of polished chunam, white as curds.
- What part of speech is chunam?
- Chunam can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chunam?
- Chunam is pronounced /tʃʊˈnɑːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chunam?
- The plural of chunam is chunams.
Words near chunam in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chunam (page history and authors); chunam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચૂનો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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