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🪣 A wall paste 🪣 To fill holes
spackle

spackle

7 8.0
A soft paste used to fill small holes and cracks in walls before painting
  • noun
  • /ˈspækəl/
  • Specialized
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  • To repair the wall, you need to use spackle to fill in the cracks.
  • a coat of spackle
  • wall spackle
  • spackle and paint

Alright, another little tip is you can use concealer like spackle or polyfiller.

Examples

  • I see a flaw, I pour Spackle over it.

    Good Luck Chuck (2007)

  • I use a metal spackle scraper.

  • Anyway, I gotta get some spackle.

    Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

  • A little spackle, some paint.

    Grey Skies (2010)

  • I'd better get some spackle.

    The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

  • So where it is level, you're going to find that the spackle is going to stick.

  • It could use a little Spackle.

    Exit to Eden (1994)

  • And your finest spackle.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Wednesday afternoon, I hauled out the old bulletin board from under my bed and got the bag of pieces and a container of spackle from the garage.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • After applying spackle, make sure to sand the surface for a smooth finish.

Synonyms

spackling compound
vsspackle
  • Specialized
6.5

A paste used to fill cracks and holes in walls before painting

is the shorter, more common name for the same wall filling powder

Surface Forms

spackle singular
spackles plural

Etymology

Spackle probably comes from the German word Spachtel, which means 'putty knife' and was also used as a brand name for a wall-patching paste. So, spackle now names the paste you use to fill holes in walls.