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| caulk [ kawk ] or calk [ kawk ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle caulked, present participle caulk·ing, 3rd person present singular caulks) (past and past participle calked, present participle calk·ing, 3rd person present singular calks) |
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1. make boat watertight: to make a boat or the seams between its planks watertight by filling the seams with waterproof material such as pitch
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2. fill something in: to fill in the cracks or gaps in something such as a pipe or a window frame using a waterproof material
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Same as caulking
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| [15th century. < Old French cauquer "to tread" < Latin calcare< calc- "heel"] |
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 caulk·er noun |
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