sealer
English
/siːlə/, /siːlɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A tool used to seal something.
- A person who is employed to seal things.
- A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
- (sport) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
Etymology
Suffix from English seal (device, mammal).
Origin
English
seal
Gloss
device, mammal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Solomonseal English
- broadseal English
- chipseal English
- counterseal English
- enseal English
- gigaseal English
- goldenseal English
- overseal English
- reseal English
- seal English
- seal ring English
- sealability English
- sealable English
- sealant English
- sealbore English
- sealery English
- sealest English
- sealeth English
- sealing English
- sealless English
- seallike English
- sealship English
- sealskin English
- sealwax English
- tarseal English
- underseal English
- unseal English
- シール Japanese
- sele Middle English
- sil Malay
- سيل Malay
- sili Swahili