"caulking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: caulkings [plural]
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  1. A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (sealing material): calafatament [masculine] (Catalan), tmel [masculine] (Czech), kalfatring (Danish), kit (Dutch), rive (oakum) (Finnish), kitti (english: putty) (Finnish), tiiviste (Finnish), tilke (english: generic) (Finnish), διάναξη (diánaxi) [neuter] (Greek), takku (Ingrian), stoppa [feminine] (Italian), stoppa catramata [feminine] (Italian), stoppa da calafato (Italian), herepuru (Māori), szczeliwo [neuter] (Polish), brtvilo (Serbo-Croatian), calafateante [masculine] (Spanish), masilla [masculine] (Spanish), impermeabilizante [masculine] (Spanish), hidrófugo [masculine] (Spanish), fragua [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. An act/process of sealing using this material. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-caulking-en-noun-Keyi0qqK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caulk Derived forms: caulking gun, caulking iron Translations (sealing process): calafatament [masculine] (Catalan), tmelení [neuter] (Czech), uszczelnianie [neuter] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'sealing process': 46 54

Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of caulk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: caulk
    Sense id: en-caulking-en-verb-CwJ-ZNbl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "sealing process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calafatament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "sealing process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tmelení"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "sealing process",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uszczelnianie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caulking"
}

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