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CAULKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caulked mean?
• CAULKED (adjective)
The adjective CAULKED has 1 sense:
1. having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
Familiarity information: CAULKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
Similar:
chinked; stopped-up (having narrow opening filled)
weather-stripped (having cracks blocked with weather stripping)
Antonym:
uncaulked (not caulked or sealed)
Context examples
He had provided himself, among other things, with a complete suit of oilskin, and a straw hat with a very low crown, pitched or caulked on the outside.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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