🚤calk (kɔːk)

verb
/kɔːk/
sellar las grietas de un barco (sellar las grietas de un barco)

Meaning

To make a boat or ship watertight by filling seams or cracks.
Traducción del significado
hacer que un barco o barco sea hermético rellenando costuras o grietas.
hacer que un barco o barco sea hermético rellenando costuras o grietas.

Oraciones de ejemplo

The workers calked the seams of the old boat to prevent leaks.

Los trabajadores calafatearon las costuras del viejo bote para evitar filtraciones.
Los trabajadores calafatearon las costuras del viejo bote para evitar filtraciones.

Synonyms

seal, waterproof, plug, close, tighten

Antonyms

unseal, open, loosen

Colocaciones

calk a boat, calk seams, calk cracks

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