—used for a compound that is used as a filler for cracks or holes in a surface
Examples of spackle in a Sentence
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Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Before spackling, make sure the hole is flat with the surrounding wallboard.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The mountain’s 3,000-foot head wall, parts of it overhanging and spackled in corniced snow and ice, is roughly the size of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
—John Branch, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Step 2: Spackle the Wall Generously apply spackle to the patch with a three-inch circumference around it.
—Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2023
If anything, an ideal course of action might be targeting one more run stuffer, perhaps the Giants' Dalvin Tomlinson, in a continued effort to spackle over the loss of injured Vita Vea.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2020
Their latest work, out this week in PNAS, breaks down the interesting chemical properties of the sticky spackle the aphids use to patch the hole.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2019
But nothing can repair an image and spackle a legacy like the World Cup.
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The butter is salted and soft enough to spackle the bread yellow from edge to edge without the knife scratching harshly.
—Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2021
Verb
But the wall in the bedroom is scarred with bullet holes, spackled over but still visible.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Before spackling, make sure the hole is flat with the surrounding wallboard.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The mountain’s 3,000-foot head wall, parts of it overhanging and spackled in corniced snow and ice, is roughly the size of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
—John Branch, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Step 2: Spackle the Wall Generously apply spackle to the patch with a three-inch circumference around it.
—Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2023
If anything, an ideal course of action might be targeting one more run stuffer, perhaps the Giants' Dalvin Tomlinson, in a continued effort to spackle over the loss of injured Vita Vea.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2020
Their latest work, out this week in PNAS, breaks down the interesting chemical properties of the sticky spackle the aphids use to patch the hole.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2019
But nothing can repair an image and spackle a legacy like the World Cup.
—John Branch Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das John Branch Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das John Branch John Branch Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das Andrew Das John Branch Andrew Das Andrew Das John Branch John Branch Andrew Das John Branch Andrew Das Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2022
The butter is salted and soft enough to spackle the bread yellow from edge to edge without the knife scratching harshly.
—Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2021
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“Spackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spackle. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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