Spackling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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