Frit

Quick meaning: Frit is a noun meaning A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

Meaning

A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

More Meanings

1. (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
2. Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
3. To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
4. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
5. (UK, regional, now especially politics) Frightened.
6. A frit fly.
7. (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.

Example Sentences

Why are you not going to bother? You are scared? You are a frit? Is that the problem?

equal parts of the calcined and roasted ore, of ground flints and potash, are fritted together and then fused

Made from ceramic paint baked directly into the glass, frits help bond the windscreen to the vehicle by providing a textured surface for adhesives and shielding them from damaging UV rays.

The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he? Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Could not take it? Cannot stand it? If I were going to cut and run, I should have gone after the Falklands.

Word Forms

• frits
• fritting
• fritted

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