spackleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈspæk.əl/
• 韻: -ækəl

名詞

spackle (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 spackles)

1. Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster かつ glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
2. A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
3. A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
   • 2018 August 8, Helen Rosner, “It’s Time to Admit That Iceberg Is a Superior Lettuce”, in New Yorker‎^[1]:

     a spackle of guacamole inside a taco shell

動詞

spackle (三人称単数 現在形 spackles, 現在分詞 spackling, 過去形および過去分詞形 spackled)

1. (transitive) To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
2. (intransitive) To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
3. To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle

   The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.

アナグラム

• Placeks, Plackes