sealer

Plural: sealers

Noun

• One who seals or applies a sealing agent.
• a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
• an official who affixes a seal to a document
• A tool used to seal something.
• A person who is employed to seal things.
• A person who is employed to seal things.
• An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
• A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
• A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
• A person who hunts seals.
• A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

Examples

• The diligent SEALER of gaps on the Scrabble board prevented his opponent’s bingos.

Synonyms

sealant, seal-hunter