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Spackle

Definition: Spackle

Spackle

Noun

1. Powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Spackle

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

A pasty material consisting of a pigment dispersed in a vehicle, suitable for application with a stopping knife, and which is easy to sand after drying. Used for filling fine cracks and indentations to obtain a smooth surface preparatory to painting. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Spackle

Synonym: spackling compound (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spackle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

spackle

52

spackle wall

3

ceiling spackle

2

drywall spackle

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Spackle

Language Translations for "spackle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

spartelmasse (filler, knifing filler, stopper, surfacer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stopverf (putty). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

silote (filler, knifing filler, stopper), täyteväri (filler, knifing filler, stopper). (various references)

   

French

  

apprêt à la spatule. (various references)

   

German

  

Spachtelmasse (filler, putty, surfacer), Ziehspachtel (filler, knifing filler, stopper). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπάτουλα (knifing filler, paddle, spatula, squeegee, stopper, trowel). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mastice (lute, mastic, putty). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acklespay

   

Portuguese

  

espátula (scoop, spatula, spreader). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spackelfärg (filler, knifing filler, stopper), spackel (putty knife). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Spackle

Derivations

Words beginning with "spackle": spackled, spackles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Spackle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spackel, Spauchle, speckly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Spackle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-k-l-p-s"

-1 letter: places, placks, splake.

-2 letters: alecs, cakes, calks, capes, claps, clasp, kales, kelps, laces, lacks, lakes, lapse, leaks, leaps, paces, packs, pales, peaks, peals, pecks, place, plack, pleas, salep, scale, scalp, scape, sepal, skelp, slack, slake, space, spake, spale, speak, speck.

-3 letters: aces, alec, ales, alps, apes, apse, cake, calk, cape, caps, case, cask.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-k-l-p-s"
 

+1 letter: plackets, spackled, spackles.

 

+2 letters: skeptical, spacewalk.

 

+3 letters: alpenstock, applejacks, backpedals, kiloparsec, packsaddle, parbuckles, placekicks, spacewalks, superflack, supplejack, workplaces.

 

+4 letters: alpenstocks, backslapped, backslapper, kiloparsecs, packsaddles, skeptically, spacewalked, spacewalker, spinachlike, steeplejack, superflacks, supplejacks.

 

+5 letters: backslappers, backsplashes, kaleidoscope, marketplaces, placekickers, postcardlike, spacewalkers, spacewalking, steeplejacks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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