Definition
- (verb) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
- (verb) To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
- (verb) Fuck
- (noun) A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture. “Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.”
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Word stats
- Caulking contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
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What does Caulking mean?
To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
How many letters are in Caulking?
Caulking has 8 letters.
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