Gasket

Noun

 * 1) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
 * 2) 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
 * 3) 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

Thesaurus
air hole, armhole, blowhole, bullet-hole, bunghole, cringle, deadeye, eye, eyelet, gland, grommet, guide, keyhole, knothole, loop, loophole, manhole, mousehole, packing, padding, peephole, pigeonhole, pinhole, placket, placket hole, porthole, punch-hole, spiracle, stopping, stuffing, tampon, tap, vent, venthole, wadding

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"g{s.kIt/}}

Translations

 * Arabic: حشية
 * Dutch: pakking
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: τσιμούχα
 * Italian:
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 * Japanese: ガスケット
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian: pakning
 * Polish: uszczelka
 * Russian: уплотнительное устройство
 * Serbo-Croatian: brtva
 * Swedish: tätning
 * Turkish: