Wondering how to use Mastic in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as cement or filler.
Mastic meaning
- An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
- A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
- An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
Mastic vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Mastic
- The main meaning on this page is: An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean. | A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring. | An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
- Useful related words include: natural resin, cement, filler, mastic tree.
- Possible Dutch translations are: mastiek, mastaka.
- In the example corpus, mastic often appears in combinations such as: of mastic, mastic varnish, the mastic.
Context around Mastic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mastic
- In this selection, "mastic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oil, jude, water, varnish, beach and asphalt stand out and add context to how "mastic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 34 of mastic beach was and carry out mastic asphalt work. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mastic" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mastic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
St. Jude, Mastic Beach. (4 words)
They are made of unsalted mitzithra cheese and yogurt and they also have a beautiful smell of mastic. (18 words)
Mastic is used in cultures throughout the Mediterranean and Arab world, especially in Greek, Cypriot, Syrian, and Lebanese cuisine. (19 words)
For Health and Safety reasons, overhead glass was laminated and vertical panes toughened, and specialised form of mastic was used to fix the panes, replacing original linseed oil putty that had contributed to the decay of the building over the century. (41 words)
Maroger medium which is not made properly may contain a large amount of dirt and impurities from improperly filtered mastic varnish, or the black oil may be overcooked, both of which would contribute to darkening and weakening of the work. (40 words)
The National Trust for the Cayman Islands provides guided tours weekly on the Mastic Trail and other locations. citation Another attraction to visit on Grand Cayman is the Observation Tower, located in Camana Bay. (34 words)
Example sentences (19)
The mastic farmers spread the powder there in early July, a few weeks before they begin cutting diagonal grooves in the mastic’s bark.
These products produce effects similar to, but not the same as those of real Maroger medium, which depends on specific chemical reactions between leaded oil, mastic resin, and turpentine (the mastic varnish vehicle).
Kissoon, 34, of Mastic Beach, was charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger 15 Years Old or Younger (Leandra’s Law) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Don’t expect dense, towering vegetation—though there are plane trees—the landscape is primarily low-growing, with mastic trees, oleanders, lavender, various fragrant shrubs, occasional fig trees, and bushes.
Mastic is used in cultures throughout the Mediterranean and Arab world, especially in Greek, Cypriot, Syrian, and Lebanese cuisine.
Workers who were to carry out mastic asphalt work on the flyover had completed their quarantine, but they were waiting for the weather to clear.
St. Jude, Mastic Beach.
They make booza with a base of milk and cream, primed with rose water, mastic — a sun-dried sap that brings the chew to chewing gum — and salep, pulverized orchid bulbs.
There are multiple segments of mastic sealant market based on oil, sanitary grade, silicone, glazing silicone, acrylic, rubber, polyurethane, high temperature, and caulk.
A little more than one spoonful of "black oil" combined with even one spoonful of mastic varnish resulted in the "jelly" medium thought to be Megilp (another name of Maroger media).
For Health and Safety reasons, overhead glass was laminated and vertical panes toughened, and specialised form of mastic was used to fix the panes, replacing original linseed oil putty that had contributed to the decay of the building over the century.
Many of the media involved in Curry's work (and other followers of Maroger) bear no resemblance whatsoever to the modern mastic varnish/black oil recipe.
Maroger medium which is not made properly may contain a large amount of dirt and impurities from improperly filtered mastic varnish, or the black oil may be overcooked, both of which would contribute to darkening and weakening of the work.
Mastic asphalt is heated to a temperature of convert and is spread in layers to form an impervious barrier about convert thick.
Other typical applications include the production of mastic asphalts for sidewalks, bridges, car-parks and urban roads as well as drilling fluid additives for the oil and gas industry.
The Genoese, being interested in profit rather than conquest, controlled the trade-posts and warehouses, in particular the trade of mastic, alum, salt and pitch.
The National Trust for the Cayman Islands provides guided tours weekly on the Mastic Trail and other locations. citation Another attraction to visit on Grand Cayman is the Observation Tower, located in Camana Bay.
The primary form of "Maroger medium" known today is black oil ("Giorgione's" medium) and mastic varnish combined in approximately equal parts to form a gel.
They are made of unsalted mitzithra cheese and yogurt and they also have a beautiful smell of mastic.
Common combinations with mastic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of mastic 7×
- mastic varnish 5×
- the mastic 4×
- mastic beach 3×
- mastic asphalt 2×