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spackle

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
  2. noun A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
  3. noun A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
  4. verb To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
  5. verb To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
  6. verb To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
    The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.

Similar words

spackling compound spackling paste putty glazier's putty plaster putty knife plug chinker wallplug plastic explosive

Often followed by

and or on the to over knife of is

Word family

Spackle Spackles spackled spackles spackling

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