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puntel

puntel is the archaic 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 puntel

pluralpuntels

Questions about puntel

What is puntel the archaic form of?
Puntel is the archaic form of punty.

Words near puntel in the dictionary

  1. punte
  2. punted
  3. punted into the long grass
  4. puntee
  5. puntees
  6. puntel
  7. puntelli
  8. puntello
  9. puntels
  10. punter
  11. punters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: puntel (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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