Phrase guide

hermetically seal

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To seal with an airtight seal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • They hermetically sealed the kettles to accelerate the cooking.
  • Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To isolate from external influences or prevent escape from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See hermetic

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: герметызава́ць (hjermjetyzavácʹ) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • French: hermétiser — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Italian: ermetizzare — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Japanese: 密閉する (mippē suru) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Japanese: 密封する (mippū suru) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Japanese: 厳封する (genpū suru) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Japanese: 密栓する (missen suru) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Polish: hermetyzować — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Polish: zhermetyzować — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Romanian: ermetiza — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Russian: герметизи́ровать (germetizírovatʹ) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Spanish: hermetizar — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Ukrainian: герметизува́ти (hermetyzuváty) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • Ukrainian: загерметизува́ти (zahermetyzuváty) — to seal with an airtight seal
  • French: hermétiser — to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from
  • Spanish: hermetizar — to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from
  • Ukrainian: герметизува́ти (hermetyzuváty) — to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from
  • Ukrainian: загерметизува́ти (zahermetyzuváty) — to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from