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uncaulk

uncaulk verb: to remove the oakum from (a ship's seams); to undo the caulking of.

Verb

uncaulk (third-person singular simple present uncaulks, present participle uncaulking, simple past and past participle uncaulked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the oakum from (a ship's seams); to undo the caulking of.

Forms of uncaulk

third-person singular presentuncaulks
present participleuncaulking
past participleuncaulked
pastuncaulked

Origin of uncaulk

From un- + caulk.

Questions about uncaulk

What does uncaulk mean?
Uncaulk means to remove the oakum from (a ship's seams); to undo the caulking of.
What part of speech is uncaulk?
Uncaulk is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncaulk?
The past tense of uncaulk is uncaulked.

Words near uncaulk in the dictionary

  1. uncatholicizes
  2. uncatholicizing
  3. uncatlike
  4. uncatty
  5. uncaught
  6. uncaulk
  7. uncaulkable
  8. uncaulked
  9. uncaulking
  10. uncaulks
  11. uncausal

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