ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sealed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /siːld/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Sealed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of seal.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of seal.

More Meanings

  1. Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
  2. Preventing entrance.
  3. Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
  4. (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.

Example Sentences

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

Synonyms for sealed

Depending on context, synonyms include impermeable, plastered, tight, concealed, covered, irrevocable.

Antonyms for sealed

Common opposites include uncertain, unsealed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include covered, plastered, tight, paved, corked, certain.

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