luting
Paste for joints
Luting is the process of sealing joints or cracks with lute—a paste or cement that hardens to create an airtight or watertight seal.
The technique appears in chemistry, plumbing, and historical cooking, where dough sealed pot lids during slow braising: The recipe calls for luting the lid with flour paste.
Thick sticky substance
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- sealantGap-blocking substance
- jointShared by multiple parties
- airtightImpervious to atmosphere
hermetic · vessel · retort · alchemical · clay · mixture · stopgap · adhesive
Buttery baked dough
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- casseroleSlow-cooked oven dish
- lidRemovable container cover
crust · cocotte · braising · baking · flour · water · pot · steam
Removing by tugging
- stringsThin flexible lines
- fretsWorries or string dividers
- tablatureFingering-based musical notation
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
baroque · minstrel · troubadour · oud · fingerboard · accompaniment · courtly · madrigal
paste
Thick sticky substance
airtight · hermetic · vessel · retort · alchemical · clay · mixture · stopgap · adhesive · watertight
pastry
Buttery baked dough
lid · crust · cocotte · braising · baking · flour · water · pot · steam · moisture
plucking
Removing by tugging
Renaissance · baroque · minstrel · troubadour · oud · fingerboard · accompaniment · courtly · madrigal · consort
lutingunsealing
Removing a closure
opening · breaching · exposing · uncorking · unplugging
lutingwelding
Heat-fusing metal pieces
separating · disjoining · detaching · unfastening · dissolving