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spackler

spackler is the agent noun of spackle.

Meaning of spackle

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

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Forms of spackler

pluralspacklers

Origin of spackler

From spackle + -er.

Questions about spackler

What is spackler the agent noun of?
Spackler is the agent noun of spackle.

Words near spackler in the dictionary

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

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