Caulk

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  • intransitive verb. To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing.
  • intransitive verb. To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
  • intransitive verb. To apply caulking.
  • noun. Caulking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See calk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See calk.
  • noun. a viscous semisolid material of varying composition used to fill in seams of objects which are exposed to water, such as wooden ships or bath tiles; -- called also calk and caulking. After applying in a semisolid form, the material hardens and dries to form a waterproof seal. It is used in the process of caulking. It is sometimes applied together with a rope-like cord to fill larger seams.
  • transitive verb. See calk, v..
  • transitive verb. to fill in the seams or cracks of, with a waterproof material such as caulk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. caulking
  • noun. a composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
  • verb. To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight
  • verb. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
  • verb. seal with caulking
  • Word Usage
    "During the day, there are no bars or clubs for the bitch brigade to get thrown out of, so much of last night's season 3 premiere focused on the conflict and "caulk" - friendly resolution of Amber #2's producer-encouraged "decision" to smash a window."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seal  seal off  sealant  sealer  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bach  Bangkok  Bloch  Block  Brock  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bar  bind  block  block up  blockade  
    variant
    calk  caulking  
    verb-form
    caulked  caulking  caulks