sealer
1an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
a substance applied to a porous surface as a basecoat for paint, varnish, etc.
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How to use sealer in a sentence
The warning applies even to asphalt topped by sealer, he said, because a high-pressure washer can blast off the coating.
Need to remove sap from asphalt? Get out the hand sanitizer. | Jeanne Huber | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostAlso note that crack sealers generally go in the crack and shouldn’t be left higher than the surrounding surface or smeared across it.
Why is it so expensive to patch an asphalt driveway? | Jeanne Huber | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostWhich leads to the obvious question: who needs a vacuum sealer?
The sous vide required a vacuum sealer (you can kludge it with plastic bags and a straw, but I am not that dedicated).
Luckily, the vacuum sealer has other uses besides sous-videing.
Freezing this kind of vacuum sealer will not cut down on freezer burn entirely--the bags are not quite thick enough for that.
Without the sous-vide, I definitely wouldn't cling to the vacuum sealer, though it does save us some money.
Jimmy Hall, the sealer, laid his flexible rule over the face of each log.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteThe sealer swung leisurely down the travoy trail and fronted the other with level eyes.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteHas been on a cod-fisher up to the Banks; also on a sealer off Labrador.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensWhy, on a sealer, they do all their trying-out the oil with a fire of seal-refuse.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensThe old sealer has made haste to answer a question not put to him.
The Land of Fire | Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for sealer (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsiːlə) /
a person or thing that seals
(formerly in Britain and currently in the US) an official who examines the accuracy of weights and measures
a coating of paint, varnish, etc, applied to a surface to prevent the absorption of subsequent coats
British Dictionary definitions for sealer (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsiːlə) /
a person or ship occupied in hunting seals
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