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

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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