The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRIMING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1974.
Applying a first coat of paint crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMING | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Applying a first coat of paint
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ground
- priming
- undercoat
- primer
- grounded
- flat coat
- primer coat
- priming coat
- base
- roughing-in
- wash
- impression
Crossword Answer definitions
PRIMING verb- To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- To be renewed.
- To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- (of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
- To trim or prune.
- To mark with a prime mark.
- The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
- A substance used as a primer.
- The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
- The first coating of colour, size, etc. laid on canvas, or on a building or other surface.
- The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
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