caulk

English

Alternative forms

• calk

Etymology

From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare

Noun

caulk (uncountable)

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.

Translations

caulking

• Finnish: tiiviste (fi), rive (fi)
• Greek: καλαφάτισμα (el) (kalafátisma) n

• Serbo-Croatian: brtvljenje (sh), šuperenje (sh), fugiranje (sh)

substance for filling and/or sealing

• Finnish: tiiviste (fi), kitti (fi)

• Serbo-Croatian: brtvilo (sh), brtvena masa (sh), fugirna masa (sh)

Verb

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.

Translations

to seal joints with caulk

• Bulgarian: калафатя (bg) (kalafatja)
• Danish: kalfatring
• Dutch: breeuwen, kalefateren
• Finnish: tilkitä (fi)
• French: calfeutrer (fr), étouper (fr), calfater (fr)
• German: kalfatern (de)
• Greek: καλαφατίζω (el) (kalafatízo)

• Hungarian: fúga (hu)
• Jèrriais: calfaîter
• Maori: mono (mi)
• Norwegian: fuge (no)
• Russian: замазывать (ru) (zamazyvatʹ), заделывать (ru) (zadelyvatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: brtviti (sh), šuperiti (sh), fugirati (sh)
• Spanish: enmasillar (es), calafatear (es)

See also

• Caulking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Caulking