[…] & we went for a long walk & fatigued ourselves so that I, for one, took a caulk in the afternoon.
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Caulk
//kɔːk//
Synonyms for "caulk" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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15 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- калафатя verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Burmese
3 entries- ထေး verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- လိန်းထေး verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- လိန်းဖာ verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Catalan
2 entries- calafatar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- calafatejar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Czech
2 entries- tmel noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- utěsnit verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Danish
2 entries- kalfatring noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- kalfatre verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Dutch
4 entries- kit noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- breeuwen verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- kalefateren verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- kalfaten verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Finnish
3 entries- kitti noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- tiiviste noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- tilkitä verb (to seal joints with caulk)
French
3 entries- calfater verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- calfeutrer verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- étouper verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Galician
1 entries- calafatear verb (to seal joints with caulk)
German
1 entries- kalfatern verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Greek
1 entries- καλαφατίζω verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Hungarian
3 entries- fuga noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- tömítő noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- fugáz verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Ingrian
1 entries- kanappia verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Irish
1 entries- calc verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Italian
3 entries- bitumare verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- calafatare verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- cianfrinare verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Malay
1 entries- pakal noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
Māori
4 entries- herepuru noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- puru noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- purupuru noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- mono verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Norman
1 entries- calfaîter verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Norwegian
1 entries- fuge verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Polish
3 entries- szczeliwo noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- uszczelniać verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- uszczelnić verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Portuguese
3 entries- calafetar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- selar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- vedar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Russian
2 entries- заде́лывать verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- замазывать verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brtvena masa noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- brtvilo noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- fugirna masa noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- brtviti verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Spanish
2 entries- calafatear verb (to seal joints with caulk)
- enmasillar verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Swedish
1 entries- kalfatra verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Turkish
2 entries- silikon noun (substance for filling and/or sealing)
- kalafat çekmek verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Welsh
1 entries- calcio verb (to seal joints with caulk)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[W]e might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to "go about," and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of "How's her head?" Mine often ached with the din of the men caulking all day long!
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There was the goggle-eyed daughter a blowing the Grampus [throwing a bucket of water upon a person] with the platter-faced planter, whenever he caulked upon deck; […]
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[…] and as sleep is about the only thing there is for a sailor at sea to get in the way of recreation, he prizes it accordingly and gets all he can. It is technically called "caulking," and a man will brag of having "caulked" the whole four hours of his watch on deck […]
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