vedar — meaning in English

English meaning

• caulk 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.
• seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.

Senses

vedar is used for these senses in English:

• caulk To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
• draughtproof To seal an opening, so as to prevent the entry of draughts.
• seal (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.

caulk — full definition

1. 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.
2. verb To seal a joint or gap by filling it with such a compound.
3. verb In traditional boatbuilding, to drive fibrous material such as oakum into the seams between a wooden hull's planks to make it watertight.

seal — full definition

1. noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
2. noun An official stamp, or the mark it leaves, used to authenticate a document.
3. verb To close something securely so it cannot be opened without damage, or to prevent leakage.

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