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.

Derived terms

• spackling paste