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sealant

noun · 3 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsiːlənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 L AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a 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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sealer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sealing material

Narrower terms: caulk, caulking

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English sealant From seal + -ant.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հերմետիկ (hermetik) — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Bulgarian: уплътнение (uplǎtnenie) — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Bulgarian: изолация (izolacija) — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Dutch: kit — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Finnish: tiivistysaine — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Finnish: tiiviste — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • French: enduit étanche — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • German: Dichtungsmittel — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • German: Dichtstoff — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Italian: sigillante — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Māori: herepuru — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Polish: szczeliwo — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Russian: герме́тик (germétik) — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid
  • Ukrainian: герме́тик (hermétyk) — material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid