caulking en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
Marina's bedroom was a small charming room with small charming windows of aged glass, dating to the mid-1800s, windowpanes badly in need of caulking, overlooking St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church with its heraldic spire floating on the night sky, and its ancient bumpy churchyard.
2001, Middle Age: A Romance, Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 17)It might just be the caulking. This whole tub needs to be re-caulked. Did you take a bath or shower in the last couple of hours?
2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.
- (uncountable, usually) An act/process of sealing using this material.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caulkings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (24)
fi tilke (sealing material) · it stoppa (sealing material) · pl uszczelnianie (sealing process) · cs tmel (sealing material) · fi rive (oakum) (sealing material) · it stoppa catramata (sealing material) · el διάναξη (sealing material) · fi tiiviste (sealing material) · nl kit (sealing material) · sh brtvilo (sealing material) · ca calafatament (sealing material) · fi kitti (sealing material) · it stoppa da calafato (sealing material) · da kalfatring (sealing material) · es impermeabilizante (sealing material) · cs tmelení (sealing process) · mi herepuru (sealing material) · es masilla (sealing material) · ca calafatament (sealing process) · es calafateante (sealing material) · es hidrófugo (sealing material) · pl szczeliwo (sealing material) · izh takku (sealing material) · es fragua (sealing material)