Gasket

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.
  • n. Nautical A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard boom or gaff.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
  • n. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration. - ASTM
  • n. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid. - American Heritage Dictionary
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
  • n.
  • n. The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.
  • n. Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical, one of several bands of sennit or canvas, or small lines, used to bind the sails to the yards, gaffs, or masts when furled. Also called casket.
  • n. In machinery, a strip of leather, tow, plaited hemp, or similar material, used for packing a piston, as of the steam-engine and its pumps.
  • To fasten with gaskets, as a sail to a yard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
  • Verb Form
    gaskets   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seal   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    casket   
    Hyponym
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    basket    casket    mascot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    washer    tubing    ammeter    diaphragm    fitting    swimsuit    hose    clamp    gage    elastomer