self-sealing
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-sealing
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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You just pull out the self-sealing bag and dispose of it easily without getting dust everywhere.
From The Verge ● May 12, 2022
With a rubber spatula, transfer the melted chocolate to a self-sealing food storage bag and, with scissors, snip off one corner to create an impromptu pastry bag.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
The self-sealing dynamic can produce even more elaborate epicycles to resist falsification.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 18, 2022
The proposal would force states to provide self-sealing envelopes and prepaid postage to voters requesting an absentee ballot application, an absentee ballot, or a voter registration application.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
The trouble with dwarf tunnels was that they were self-sealing, so that if you had to go back the way you came, there was a whole new burrow to be excavated.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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