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Definition: Spackle |
SpackleNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonym: SpackleSynonym: spackling compound (n). (additional references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spackle | 52 |
spackle wall | 3 |
ceiling spackle | 2 |
drywall spackle | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 espátula (scoop, spatula, spreader). (various references) spackelfärg (filler, knifing filler, stopper), spackel (putty knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spackle": spackled, spackles. (additional references) | |
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"Spackle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spackel, Spauchle, speckly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
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. | |
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