Meanings
- not comparableDescribing a device with seals that activate without special procedures.
The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.
- not comparableDescribing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it.
self-sealing tire
1 more example
Many pilots' lives were saved during World War II by salf-sealing gas tanks that kept their planes from becoming fireballs when riddled with bullets.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of sealing itself as after being pierced
adjectiveseals without the application of moisture
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishsealing
- Englishself-sealing
Translations
Finnish itsetiivistyvä, itsepaikkaava
- itsetiivistyväwith self-activating seals
- itsepaikkaavacapable of closing off leaks
Spanish autosellante
- autosellantewith self-activating seals
Cite this entry
self-sealing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sealing
“self-sealing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sealing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-sealing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sealing.
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