SEALANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sealant mean? 

• SEALANT (noun)
  The noun SEALANT has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: SEALANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEALANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sealant; sealer

Hypernyms ("sealant" is a kind of...):

sealing material (any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sealant"):

caulk; caulking (a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight)

Derivation:

seal (cover with varnish)

seal (close with or as if with a seal)

seal (make tight; secure against leakage)

 Context examples 

Fibrin sealant is being studied as a way to improve healing after lymph node removal in patients with cancer.

(Fibrin sealant, NCI Dictionary)

When fibrin sealant is placed on a wound, a clot forms.

(Fibrin sealant, NCI Dictionary)