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self-sealing

self-sealing adjective: describing a device with seals that activate without special procedures.

Adjective

self-sealing (not comparable)

  1. Describing a device with seals that activate without special procedures.
    • The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.
  2. Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it.
    • Many pilots' lives were saved during World War II by salf-sealing gas tanks that kept their planes from becoming fireballs when riddled with bullets.
    • self-sealing tire

self-sealing meaning in Tamil

self-sealing in Tamil

தன்அடைப்பு

Origin of self-sealing

From self- + sealing.

Questions about self-sealing

What does self-sealing mean?
Self-sealing means describing a device with seals that activate without special procedures.
What is self-sealing in Tamil?
Self-sealing in Tamil is தன்அடைப்பு. See Self-sealing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-sealing?
Self-sealing is an adjective.

Words near self-sealing in the dictionary

  1. self-scanned
  2. self-scanning
  3. self-scans
  4. self-science
  5. self-sciences
  6. self-sealing
  7. self-secure
  8. self-seed
  9. self-seeded
  10. self-seeding
  11. self-seeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-sealing (page history and authors); self-sealing (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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