Spackling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of spackle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."
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