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gasket

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɡæs.kɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: G AE1 S K AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, sailing, transport

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To fit a gasket

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To seal with a gasket

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: seal

Narrower terms: head gasket, O ring

History

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: garcette — short sailing rope
  • German: Zeising — short sailing rope
  • Italian: gaschetta — short sailing rope
  • Italian: gerlo — short sailing rope
  • Polish: krawat — short sailing rope
  • Spanish: tomador — short sailing rope
  • Spanish: aferravelas — short sailing rope
  • Spanish: piníceo — short sailing rope
  • Spanish: pinillo — short sailing rope
  • Arabic: حَشِيَّة (ḥašiyya) — mechanical seal
  • Bulgarian: уплътнение (uplǎtnenie) — mechanical seal
  • Bulgarian: набивка (nabivka) — mechanical seal
  • Catalan: juntura — mechanical seal
  • Catalan: junta — mechanical seal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墊片 /垫片 (diànpiàn) — mechanical seal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠圈 /胶圈 (jiāoquān) — mechanical seal
  • Czech: těsnění — mechanical seal
  • Dutch: pakking — mechanical seal
  • Finnish: tiiviste — mechanical seal
  • French: joint — mechanical seal
  • German: Dichtung — mechanical seal
  • Greek: τσιμούχα (tsimoúcha) — mechanical seal
  • Hungarian: tömítés — mechanical seal
  • Icelandic: pakkning — mechanical seal
  • Icelandic: þétti — mechanical seal
  • Irish: ribín seoil — mechanical seal
  • Italian: guarnizione — mechanical seal
  • Japanese: ガスケット (gasuketto) — mechanical seal
  • Kazakh: нығыздағыш (nyğyzdağyş) — mechanical seal
  • Khmer: ទ្រនាប់ (trɔnoap) — mechanical seal
  • Korean: 개스켓 (gaeseuket) — mechanical seal
  • Korean: 개스킷 (gaeseukit) — mechanical seal
  • Latvian: blīve — mechanical seal
  • Macedonian: заптивка (zaptivka) — mechanical seal
  • Macedonian: дихтунг (dihtung) — mechanical seal
  • Norwegian: pakning — mechanical seal
  • Plautdietsch: Gaskett — mechanical seal
  • Polish: uszczelka — mechanical seal
  • Portuguese: gaxeta — mechanical seal
  • Russian: прокла́дка (prokládka) — mechanical seal
  • Russian: уплотни́тельное устро́йство (uplotnítelʹnoje ustrójstvo) — mechanical seal
  • Serbo-Croatian: бр̏тва — mechanical seal
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȑtva — mechanical seal
  • Spanish: empaquetadura — mechanical seal
  • Spanish: junta — mechanical seal
  • Spanish: retén — mechanical seal
  • Swedish: packning — mechanical seal
  • Tagalog: sapin — mechanical seal
  • Thai: ปะเก็น — mechanical seal
  • Turkish: conta — mechanical seal
  • Welsh: gasged — mechanical seal