Chunam
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tʃʊˈnɑːm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chunam is a noun meaning (India, Hong Kong) A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
Meaning
(India, Hong Kong) A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To plaster or waterproof with chunam.
Example Sentences
Look at the flies. Look at the chunam coming off the walls.
The floor of the room was of polished chunam, white as curds.
The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of 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.
Word Forms
- chunams
- chunaming
- chunamming
- chunamed
- chunammed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calcimine, malm, channer, aliz, kunkur, chinny.
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