Gasket

What do we mean by gasket?

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. noun

A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard boom or gaff. noun

To fasten with gaskets, as a sail to a yard.

Nautical, one of several bands of sennit or canvas, or small lines, used to bind the sails to the yards, gaffs, or masts when furled. Also called casket. noun

In machinery, a strip of leather, tow, plaited hemp, or similar material, used for packing a piston, as of the steam-engine and its pumps. noun

A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. noun

The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. noun

Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids. noun

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

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. - ASTM noun

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. - American Heritage Dictionary noun

Seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint noun

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

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

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.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to gasket:
gasket, basket, casket, lasket, gasset, gasfet.

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Words that rhyme with gasket:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe gasket:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective gasket:
surface, remover.

Consonant match to gasket:
gas cut.

Words that sound like gasket:
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