spackling

English

Verb

spackling

  1. present participle and gerund of spackle

Noun

spackling (plural spacklings)

  1. Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
    • 2009 April 28, Natalie Angier, “Bone, a Masterpiece of Elastic Strength”, in New York Times‎:
      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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