sealer

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UK/ˈsiːlə/US/ˈsiːlɚ/

noun

A tool used to seal something.

Similar
seal-huntersealant
OriginEnglish seal ← Middle English sel ← Anglo-Norman see →
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Meanings

sealer1

nounsealer (plural sealers)

plural sealers

  1. A tool used to seal something.
  2. A person who is employed to seal things.
    1. An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
  3. A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
  4. colloquialhobbiesA goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.

sealer2

nounsealer (plural sealers)

plural sealers

  1. A person who hunts seals.

    "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."

    1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

    Synonyms: seal-hunter

  2. A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who hunts seals.

Similar
seal-hunter

More synonyms by meaning

nouna 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)

Similar
sealant
Broader
sealing material
Also see
sealant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

sealer · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Italic*segnom
  3. Latinsignum
  4. Latinsigillum
  5. Anglo-Normansee
  6. Middle Englishsel
  7. Englishseal
  8. Englishsealer

From seal + -er.

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sealer · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Italic*segnom
  3. Latinsignum
  4. Latinsigillum
  5. Anglo-Normansee
  6. Middle Englishsel
  7. Englishseal
  8. Englishsealer

From seal + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German Robbenjäger
  • Robbenjägerperson who hunts seals
Māori kaipatu kekeno
  • kaipatu kekenoperson who hunts seals
Spanish cazador de focas, cazadora de focas
  • cazador de focasperson who hunts seals
  • cazadora de focasperson who hunts seals

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sealer

dealerwheelerhealerstealerfeelervelarfour-wheelerthree-wheelertwo-wheeler
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Anagrams

resaleSearleresealearlesleaserelearsEasler
Cite this entry
APA

sealer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealer

MLA

“sealer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sealer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sealer.

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