Mastic

Quick meaning: Mastic is a noun meaning An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.

Meaning

An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.

More Meanings

1. A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
2. An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
3. (especially Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.

Example Sentences

He took a list from the desk and read aloud Fatima’s offerings:— […] four bottles of rare mastic from Scio.

‘They have a few holes here and there. A few. Tiny tiny.’ ‘We could fix those up easy. Mastic cement. Not expensive, boss.’

Aromatics were used, too, especially in necromancy, and an old recipe of that sort comprises Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, Red Storax, Mastick, Olibanum, Saffron, Benzoin and Labdanum.

The mastic, of which the people of Scio gather every year an incredible quantity, is a very rich gum, made use of in medicines, which distils from a shrub called, in Latin, Lentiscus.

Word Forms

• mastics
• mastich
• mastiche
• mastick

Synonyms for mastic

Depending on context, synonyms include lentiscus, lentisk.

Related Words

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