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sealedsealed /siːld/ adjective - Sealed nuclear waste containers are then enclosed in concrete.
- Plants cannot survive in a sealed jar.
- The list of winners' names was delivered in a sealed envelope.
- And all documents are sent in special bank sealed envelopes.
- Archway House benefits from sealed unit double glazed windows and Gas fired central heating throughout.
- Heard him say that sirens were blowing and people were donning gas masks and moving into sealed rooms.
- Karr's ship was docking even as Tolonen rode the sealed car out to the landing bay.
- One time I carried a briefcase, some sealed folders, an armful of maps.
- The sealed letter is dated proof of your copyright to be opened in court if some one claims your idea.
when a door, entrance, lid etc has been shut► shut/closed not open: · Make sure all the windows are shut before you go out.· The gates were closed, and there was no other way in.tight shut: · Keep your eyes tight shut. ► locked something that is locked has been shut using a key: · Jamie tried the door. "It's locked,'' he said.· All office workers should keep their personal belongings in a locked drawer.· I need my coat out of your car -- is it locked? ► bolted a door that is bolted has been shut by using a metal bar that slides across and prevents the door from being opened from the other side: · The door's bolted, we'll have to break it down.· Burglars can always find a way in, in spite of bolted doors and windows. ► sealed shut with something that prevents air or water from getting in or out: · Plants cannot survive in a sealed jar.· Sealed nuclear waste containers are then enclosed in concrete. adverbs► firmly/tightly sealed· The box was firmly sealed with tape. ► completely sealed· The bag is completely sealed and airtight. ► hermetically sealed (=very tightly sealed so that nothing can get in or out)· Inside, police found hermetically sealed cabinets full of marijuana. nouns► a sealed envelope· Jenkins handed Talbot a sealed envelope. ► a sealed container/box/plastic bag· The specimens he collected were sent back to London in sealed containers. ► a sealed container (=closed, so that no air or water can get in)· Place the ingredients in a sealed container and shake well. ► a sealed envelope (=one that is firmly closed)· The contract was delivered by special messenger in a sealed envelope. NOUN► envelope· And all documents are sent in special bank sealed envelopes.· They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.· At the bottom, five sealed envelopes with smaller quantities of cocaine inside come to light.· Disclosure of the contents of the sealed envelopes carried the risk of a five-year prison sentence.· Maxim offered the sealed envelope, Bruno took it, broke it open and passed it to her.· At the back of the book would be a set of sealed envelopes in various colours. ► unit· Archway House benefits from sealed unit double glazed windows and Gas fired central heating throughout.· Three bedrooms, gas central heating, full sealed unit double glazing, garage, manageable gardens.· Because of the short life of the sealed unit built into each ball, it only lasted six months.· The transmitters were at that time a completely sealed unit resembling a marble both in size and appearance.· The two approaches, therefore, are not hermetically sealed units, impenetrable to each other. ► hermetically sealed- Each is a hermetically sealed universe, bumping off the others with very little cross-pollination.
- I think we need to be theoretically and politically clear that no single culture is hermetically sealed off from others.
- Insiders are hermetically sealed from the intrusion of outsiders by the assumption of zero labour turnover.
- Racism is the product of impenetrable or hermetically sealed minds.
- Space and time can not be regarded as hermetically sealed domains.
- The two approaches, therefore, are not hermetically sealed units, impenetrable to each other.
- The would-be island, now with hermetically sealed borders and excluding all but a few tourists, is full of noises.
► my lips are sealed- Fear not my lips are sealed.
► (all) signed and sealed 1shut or protected with something that prevents air, water etc from getting in or out: a sealed container2sealed documents are closed so that they can only be read by a certain person or at a certain time: Sealed bids (=offers to pay a particular price for something) should be sent to Richard Walker.COLLOCATIONSadverbsfirmly/tightly sealed· The box was firmly sealed with tape.completely sealed· The bag is completely sealed and airtight.hermetically sealed (=very tightly sealed so that nothing can get in or out)· Inside, police found hermetically sealed cabinets full of marijuana.nounsa sealed envelope· Jenkins handed Talbot a sealed envelope.a sealed container/box/plastic bag· The specimens he collected were sent back to London in sealed containers. |