GRE Word List

CAULK

to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)

The meaning of the word caulk is to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe).

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