name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of spackle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
spackle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈspæk.əl/
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rhymes with -ækəl
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CMU ARPABET: S P AE1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.
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noun
Meaning 8
powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spackling compound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaster
History
Etymology
From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: plamuur — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Finnish: silote — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Finnish: pakkeli — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Polish: szpachlówka — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Swedish: spackelfärg — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Swedish: spackel — powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste
- Bulgarian: кит (kit) — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Finnish: silote — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Finnish: pakkeli — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Finnish: tasoitemassa — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Norwegian: sparkel — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Norwegian: sparkelmasse — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Polish: szpachlówka — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Russian: шпатлёвка (špatljóvka) — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Swedish: spackel — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Swedish: spackelfärg — plastic paste for filling cracks and holes
- Bulgarian: китвам (kitvam) — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Dutch: plamuren — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Finnish: silottaa — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Finnish: tasoittaa — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Finnish: spaklata — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Norwegian: sparkle — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Polish: szpachlować — fill cracks or holes with a spackle
- Swedish: spackla — fill cracks or holes with a spackle