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parges

parges is the plural of parge.

Meaning of parge

Noun

parge (plural parges)

  1. A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.
    • I watch as the mason at the Gilbert house picks up a glob of parge coat on his trowel. He smooths it on, moving from the bottom of the wall to the top. Next, he drapes a white fiberglass mesh from the top of the wall to the bottom and pushes it into the parge coat with his trowel.1990 May, Cheryl M. Fiorillo, “Lightweight block, heavyweight insulator”, in Popular Science, volume 236, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107
    Synonyms:
    parging

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What is parges the plural of?
Parges is the plural of parge.

Words near parges in the dictionary

  1. pargasitic
  2. parge
  3. parge coat
  4. parge coats
  5. parged
  6. parges
  7. parget
  8. pargeted
  9. pargeter
  10. pargeters
  11. pargeting

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