spackling compound

1. 1.

   powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster

   Synonymsspackle

   Broaderplaster

Questions about spackling compound

What does spackling compound mean?

spackling compound means "powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster".

What is another word for spackling compound?

Close synonyms include spackle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spackling compound a common word?

spackling compound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.