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Definition of Spackle
1. Noun. Powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
Definition of Spackle
1. Proper noun. (trademark) a powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster ¹
2. Noun. Any powder that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster. ¹
3. Noun. A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To fill or repair with a plastic paste. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To fill cracks or holes with a spackle. ¹
6. Verb. To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spackle
1. to fill cracks or holes in a surface with paste [v -LED, -LING, -LES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spackle
Literary usage of Spackle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"What beams of joy (angelic airs) arise O'er her pale cheeks, and spackle through
her eyes In that dark hour ! how all serene she lay Beneath the openings of ..."
2. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"It binds to saliva proteins and whisks them away, leaving your mouth feeling
troweled in spackle. Then there's nothing for it but to re-lubricate with ..."
3. Simple Machines by Jo Ellen Moore, Cindy Davis, Jill Norris, Don Robison (1998)
"... or home-repair products such as spackle). Make sure they are nontoxic. 1.
Have students try to remove the can lid using their bare hands. 2. ..."
4. The Duality of His Life: Human Nature Versus Nurture: An Illustration of the ...by James Spade by James Spade (2006)
"There was a trail of blood from the floor to the toilet, and the psycho bitch
was just sittin' there, cuttin' herself with the one-inch Spackle knife I had ..."
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