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stuffing-box

stuffing-box is the alternative form of stuffing box.

Meaning of stuffing box

Noun

stuffing box (plural stuffing boxes)

  1. An assembly containing a seal, or sealing material, around a shaft.
    • ; the lower diaphragm forms a surface to be pressed upon by the column of water above the tap, which pressure by means of the upright spindle connecting it with d, pulls down the upper diaphragm, and forms a perfect valve and stuffing box, whereby the escape of the liquid is entirely prevented.1847, editorial staff, “Improvement in Water Taps, Cister Valves, &c. ”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68

Forms of stuffing-box

pluralstuffing-boxes

Questions about stuffing-box

What is stuffing-box the alternative form of?
Stuffing-box is the alternative form of stuffing box.

Words near stuffing-box in the dictionary

  1. stuffing cucumbers
  2. stuffing one's face
  3. stuffing out
  4. stuffing the ballot box
  5. stuffing up
  6. stuffing-box
  7. stuffing-boxes
  8. stuffings
  9. Stuffle
  10. stuffless
  11. stuffs

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