SEALANT

sealant, sealer

(noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sealant (countable and uncountable, plural sealants)

Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

(construction) A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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