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sealer

UK/ˈsiːlə/US/ˈsiːlɚ/

sealer noun: a tool used to seal something.

Noun (1)

sealer (plural sealers)

  1. A tool used to seal something.
  2. A person who is employed to seal things.
    1. An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
  3. A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
  4. (colloquial) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.

Noun (2)

sealer (plural sealers)

  1. A person who hunts seals.
    • "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    seal-hunter
  2. A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

sealer meaning in Tamil

sealer in Tamil

இலச்சினையாளர்

Synonyms of sealer

Forms of sealer

pluralsealers

Plural of sealer: sealers

Origin of sealer

From seal + -er.

Words formed from sealer

Words that rhyme with sealer

Questions about sealer

What does sealer mean?
Sealer means a tool used to seal something.
What is sealer in Tamil?
Sealer in Tamil is இலச்சினையாளர். See Sealer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sealer?
Sealer is a noun.
How do you pronounce sealer?
Sealer is pronounced /ˈsiːlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of sealer?
The plural of sealer is sealers.

Words near sealer in the dictionary

  1. sealed system
  2. sealed systems
  3. sealed the deal
  4. sealed up
  5. sealegs
  6. sealer
  7. sealer-divider
  8. sealer/divider
  9. sealeries
  10. sealers
  11. sealery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sealer (page history and authors); sealer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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