caulk

• calk

From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicō.

• IPA^(key): /kɔːk/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɑk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːk
• Homophone: cock (some accents)
• Homophone: cork (some accents)
• IPA^(key): /kælk/ (some US)
• Rhymes: -ælk (some US)
• Homophones: calc, calk, caulque (some US)

caulk (countable and uncountable, plural caulks)

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.
3. Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”)

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 to make it watertight.
2. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

• Caulking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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