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pontil

pontil is the alternative form of punty.

Meaning of punty

Noun

punty (plural punties)

  1. A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.
    Synonyms:
    fascet

Forms of pontil

pluralpontils

Words formed from pontil

Phrases with pontil

Questions about pontil

What is pontil the alternative form of?
Pontil is the alternative form of punty.

Words near pontil in the dictionary

  1. pontificious
  2. pontified
  3. pontifies
  4. pontify
  5. pontifying
  6. pontil
  7. pontil mark
  8. pontil marks
  9. pontile
  10. Pontillo
  11. Pontillos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pontil (page history and authors); punty (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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