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present participle and gerund of spackle examples
plural spacklings
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes. quotations examples
Bone also has a crack repair team, in every sense of the word: osteoclast cells that dig around the cracks, using acids to wipe away the old matrix, and osteoblast cells that migrate in and secrete fresh spacklings of bone.
2009 April 28, Natalie Angier, “Bone, a Masterpiece of Elastic Strength”, in New York Times