Seal

Quick meaning: Seal is a noun meaning A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

Meaning

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To hunt seals.
2. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
3. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
4. A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
5. Anything that secures or authenticates.
6. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
7. (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.

Example Sentences

They're organizing a protest against sealing.

Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.

The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.

The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.

Word Forms

• seals
• sealing
• sealed

Synonyms for seal

Depending on context, synonyms include pinniped, block, close, obstruct, enclose, cachet.

Antonyms for seal

Common opposites include unseal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sealskin, varnish, stamp, cachet, pinniped, steller.

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