spackling

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noun

Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spackle
nounspackling (plural spacklings)

plural spacklings

  1. Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.

    Bone also has a crack repair team, in every sense of the word: osteoclast cells that dig around the cracks, using acids to wipe away the old matrix, and osteoblast cells that migrate in and secrete fresh spacklings of bone.

    2009 April 28, Natalie Angier, “Bone, a Masterpiece of Elastic Strength”, in New York Times
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APA

spackling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spackling

MLA

“spackling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spackling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spackling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spackling.

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