How to pronounce mastic
American English pronunciation
MAS-tik
- IPA
- /ˈmæstɪk/
- Syllables
- MAS · tik (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mastic means
A thick paste used to seal cracks or stick things down
In a sentence: Dad spread mastic on the floor before laying the new tiles.
Where it comes from: It comes through French and Latin from a Greek word linked to chewing, because the resin of the tree it first came from was chewed like gum.
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