Sekirov Dictionary

chunam

/tʃʊˈnɑːm/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun1

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(India, Hong-Kong) A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.
- The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of chunam. — 1808

verb1

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To plaster or waterproof with 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. — 1848

forms

chunamed · chunammed · chunaming · chunamming · chunams

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