Calking vs. Caulking — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Calking and Caulking
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Calking
Variant of caulk.
Caulking
A usually impermeable substance used for filling seams, as between planks of a boat. Also called caulking compound.
Calking
To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing
Caulk a pipe joint.
Caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.
Caulking
Present participle of caulk
Calking
(Nautical) To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
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Caulking
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.
Calking
To apply caulking
Caulked all around the window frame.
Caulking
The process of sealing cracks and crevices with a filler such as caulk{2}.
Calking
Caulking.
Calking
Present participle of calk
Calking
The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.
Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
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