caulk in Norwegian
caulk in Norwegian is fuge — caulk means a flexible waterproof filler squeezed into joints and gaps — around baths, sinks, window frames and skirting boards — to seal them against water and draughts.
caulk in Norwegian
fuge
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
What does "caulk" mean?
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noun A flexible waterproof filler squeezed into joints and gaps — around baths, sinks, window frames and skirting boards — to seal them against water and draughts.
"Run a bead of caulk along the edge where the bath meets the tiles."
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verb To seal a joint or gap by filling it with such a compound.
"Caulk around the window frame before you paint it."
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verb In traditional boatbuilding, to drive fibrous material such as oakum into the seams between a wooden hull's planks to make it watertight.
"The shipwrights caulked the seams with oakum and hot pitch."
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caulk in a sentence
- Run a bead of caulk along the edge where the bath meets the tiles.
- The old caulk had gone mouldy and needed scraping out.
- Caulk around the window frame before you paint it.
- He spent the afternoon caulking the shower tray.
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What is "caulk" in Norwegian?
"caulk" in Norwegian is fuge. caulk means: A flexible waterproof filler squeezed into joints and gaps — around baths, sinks, window frames and skirting boards — to seal them against water and draughts.
How do you use "caulk" in a sentence?
Example: "Run a bead of caulk along the edge where the bath meets the tiles." In Norwegian, "caulk" is fuge.
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