How do you use Gasket in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like seal, plus the exact meaning.
Gasket meaning
- A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
- Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
- 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.
Synonyms of Gasket
Using Gasket
- The main meaning on this page is: A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place. | Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. | 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.
- Useful related words include: seal.
- In the example corpus, gasket often appears in combinations such as: the gasket, head gasket, gasket is.
Context around Gasket
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gasket
- In this selection, "gasket" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, head, dry, new, sparingly, swell and needs stand out and add context to how "gasket" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blew a gasket and a gasket which has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gasket" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gasket
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ok, my head just blew a gasket. (7 words)
The pizza shops, gasket distributors, building materials suppliers and accounting firms. (11 words)
The truth is: Those relatively tiny pieces of criticism blew Prime’s gasket. (13 words)
A gasket which has lost its flexibility makes bringing the cooker up to pressure difficult as steam can escape before sufficient pressure is generated to provide an adequate seal; this is usually a sign that the gasket needs replacing with a new one. (43 words)
A very dry gasket can make it difficult or impossible to close the lid, however smearing the gasket sparingly with vegetable oil alleviates this problem (using too much vegetable oil can make the gasket swell and prevent it sealing properly). (40 words)
Besides additional piping and the switch between fuels, the head gasket was replaced by a much thicker one to diminish the compression ratio (making the engine less powerful and less efficient, but able to run on kerosene). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A very dry gasket can make it difficult or impossible to close the lid, however smearing the gasket sparingly with vegetable oil alleviates this problem (using too much vegetable oil can make the gasket swell and prevent it sealing properly).
A gasket which has lost its flexibility makes bringing the cooker up to pressure difficult as steam can escape before sufficient pressure is generated to provide an adequate seal; this is usually a sign that the gasket needs replacing with a new one.
Oiling the gasket with vegetable oil may alleviate the problem temporarily, but a new gasket is often required.
As the gasket operation grew, Fred purchased Springfield Mill, in Oakworth Road, where he set up production in the flat-roofed section and rented out the remaining space.
It's worth mentioning that it's now easy to fix this head gasket issue.
A big part of that is the gasket mount and insane amount of sound dampening packed inside the keyboard.
HyperX also unveiled the first hot-swappable keyboard with a gasket mounted design, the HyperX Alloy Rise Keyboard.
Not only can constantly topping off the oil be expensive, but it could be a sign of failure or wear in multiple spots, including the gasket, oil pan, oil drain plug, or oil filter.
The pizza shops, gasket distributors, building materials suppliers and accounting firms.
The star of the show for the Azoth Extreme, however, is the adjustable gasket.
The truth is: Those relatively tiny pieces of criticism blew Prime’s gasket.
Additionally, failure of the high-voltage battery cover gasket, after extended exposure to elevated temperatures due to cell venting, results in gases directed toward other components that can exceed their maximum design temperatures.
Ok, my head just blew a gasket.
The Check Engine Light pops up, indicating that your exhaust manifold gasket may be in danger of a fault.
When a vehicle’s gasket fails or is damaged, the leak may spill into areas made of plastic and some wiring components.
It then becomes clear that he has spotted one of the animals with a gasket ring, a kind of mechanical seal, stuck tightly around its neck.
I was able to locate a new crankshaft, connecting rod, and head gasket in an effort to resuscitate the little guy.
Sealing Gasket Market provides deep understanding, clarifies varieties of the market to help you decide not only the succeeding strategy but also to achieve the desired market position.
Under questioning about the Tories’ accounting on Tuesday from interim Liberal leader John Fraser, Ford blew a gasket.
Besides additional piping and the switch between fuels, the head gasket was replaced by a much thicker one to diminish the compression ratio (making the engine less powerful and less efficient, but able to run on kerosene).
Common combinations with gasket
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: