Spackling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Spackling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of spackle.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of spackle.
More Meanings
- Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
Example Sentences
Bone also has a crack repair team, in every sense of the word: osteoclast cells that dig around the cracks, using acids to wipe away the old matrix, and osteoblast cells that migrate in and secrete fresh spacklings of bone.
Word Forms
- spacklings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stopgap, fill, plaster, chinking, gap fill, caulking.
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