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spackle

UK/ˈspæk.əl/

spackle 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.

Noun

spackle (countable and uncountable, plural spackles)

  1. 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. A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
  3. A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
    • a spackle of guacamole inside a taco shell2018 August 8, Helen Rosner, “It’s Time to Admit That Iceberg Is a Superior Lettuce”, in New Yorker

Verb

spackle (third-person singular simple present spackles, present participle spackling, simple past and past participle spackled)

  1. (transitive) To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
  2. (intransitive) To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
  3. To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
    • The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.

Proper noun capitalized: Spackle

Spackle

  1. Alternative letter-case form of spackle.

Forms of spackle

Noun
pluralspackles
Verb
third-person singular presentspackles
present participlespackling
past participlespackled
pastspackled

Origin of spackle

From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.

Words formed from spackle

Words that rhyme with spackle

Questions about spackle

What does spackle mean?
Spackle means 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.
What part of speech is spackle?
Spackle can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spackle?
Spackle is pronounced /ˈspæk.əl/ (UK).
What is the plural of spackle?
The plural of spackle is spackles.

Words near spackle in the dictionary

  1. spacker
  2. spackers
  3. spackier
  4. spackies
  5. spackiest
  6. spackle
  7. spackled
  8. spackler
  9. spacklers
  10. spackles
  11. spackling

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