caulk

³caulk

Definition of CAULK

variant of ²calk or of ³calk

¹caulk

transitive verb \ˈkȯk\

Definition of CAULK

: to stop up and make tight against leakage (as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)

— caulk·er noun

Variants of CAULK

caulk or calk \ˈkȯk\

Examples of CAULK

1. He carefully caulked the area around the windows.

Origin of CAULK

Middle English caulken, from Anglo-French cauker, calcher, chalcher to trample, from Latin calcare, from calc-, calx heel

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with CAULK

auk, balk, calk, chalk, gawk, hawk, Koch, Sauk, squawk, stalk, talk, walk

²caulk

noun \ˈkȯ-kiŋ\

Definition of CAULK

: material used to caulk

Variants of CAULK

caulk or calk also caulk·ing or calk·ing \ˈkȯ-kiŋ\

First Known Use of CAULK

1954

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot