caulk

English

Alternative forms

• calk

Etymology

From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare

Noun

caulk (uncountable)

1. caulking
2. a composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.

Translations

caulking

Finnish: tiiviste (fi), rive (fi)

Serbo-Croatian: brtvljenje (sh), šuperenje (sh), fugiranje (sh)

substance for filling and/or sealing

Finnish: tiiviste (fi), kitti (fi)

Serbo-Croatian: brtvilo (sh), brtvena masa (sh), fugirna masa (sh)

Verb

caulk (third-person singular simple present caulks, present participle caulking, simple past and past participle caulked)

1. (nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull in order to make them watertight
2. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

Translations

to seal joints with caulk

Bulgarian: калафатя (bg) Danish: kalfatring Dutch: breeuwen, kalefateren Finnish: tilkitä (fi) French: calfeutrer (fr), étouper (fr), calfater (fr)

German: kalfatern (de) Hungarian: fúga (hu) Norwegian: fuge (no) Russian: замазывать (ru), заделывать (ru) Serbo-Croatian: brtviti (sh), šuperiti (sh), fugirati (sh) Spanish: enmasillar (es), calafatear (es)

See also

• Caulking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Caulking