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watch seal

watch seal is the alternative form of watch-seal.

Meaning of watch-seal

Noun

watch-seal (plural watch-seals)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A small seal or decorative trinket attached to a watchchain.
    • He does not 'engrave Truth on his watch-seal; 'no, but he stands by truth, speaks by it, works and lives by it.1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History, page 214
    Synonyms:
    onion

Forms of watch seal

pluralwatch seals

Questions about watch seal

What is watch seal the alternative form of?
Watch seal is the alternative form of watch-seal.

Words near watch seal in the dictionary

  1. watch party
  2. watch pocket
  3. watch pockets
  4. watch receiver
  5. watch receivers
  6. watch seal
  7. watch seals
  8. watch spring
  9. watch springs
  10. watch strap
  11. watch straps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watch seal (page history and authors); watch-seal (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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