hermetically seal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See hermetic
Verb[edit]
hermetically seal (third-person singular simple present hermetically seals, present participle hermetically sealing, simple past and past participle hermetically sealed)
- (transitive) To seal with an airtight seal.
- They hermetically sealed the kettles to accelerate the cooking.
- Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 328–329:
- The glass stoppers were inserted; the bottles hermetically sealed; and, depositing them in a secret drawer of a small casket, she locked it, put the little key on a chain that she always wore of her uncle's hair; and, pressing it to her heart, exclaimed, "Now I am mistress of my fate in this world!"
- (transitive) To isolate from external influences or prevent escape from.
- We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.
References[edit]
- “hermetically seal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.