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Definition: Stuffing Box |
Stuffing BoxNoun1. A small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A device designed to prevent leakage around a moving part that passes through a hole in a vessel or in a compartment containing water, steam, or oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A rod seal consisting of a cylindrical box through the middle of which the rod passes. The rest of the space is filled with packing which is compressed by a gland or ring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A chamber designed to contain packing and to maintain a fluid-tight joint about a piston rod where it enters a cylinder or around a drill rod whereit enters the casing at the collar of a borehole. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Stuffing BoxSynonym: packing box (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stuffing Box |
| English words defined with "stuffing box": Packing box, packing nut ♦ stuffing nut. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stuffing box": CRIMPING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ GAS-METER MECHANIC II, gas-meter repairer, gland follower, gland packing ♦ shaft tube, stern tube ♦ tapping assembly. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stuffing box | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stuffing box"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | салник (oil seal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stempelstangspakdaase (gland box, stuffing-box), pakdåse (annulus seal, gland, gland box, packer, packing, valve gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sluitnippel (annulus seal, gland, packer, packing, valve gland), pakkingsbus (gland box, stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tiukennuslaippa (annulus seal, follower, gland, packer, packing, valve gland), tiivistysholkki (annulus seal, gland, gland box, packer, packing, valve gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | presse-garniture (stuffing-box), presse-étoupe (stuffing-box), presse étoupe, garniture, calfat (stuffing-box), boîte étanche (stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stopfbuchse (gland box, stuffing-box), Stopfbüchse (gland box, stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στυπιοθάλαμος (gland box), στυπιοθλίπτης (gland, gland box, stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tömszelence (gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | premistoppa (follower, gland, gland box, gland follower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffingstay oxbay caixa de empanque (annulus seal, gland, gland box, packer, packing, valve gland). (various references) сальник (gasket, gland, oil seal, stuffing-box). (various references) zaptivača. (various references) prensaestopas (packer), caja prensaestopas (gland box), caja de estopas (annulus seal, gland, packer, packing, valve gland). (various references) tätningsring (lute). (various references) salmastra kutusu, yağdanlık (grease cup, lubricator, nipple, oilcan, oilcup). (various references) сальник (dripping pan, oil seal, packer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-f-g-i-n-o-s-t-u-x" | |
-3 letters: snuffbox, stuffing. | |
-4 letters: boffing, boffins, bousing, boxings, buffing, busting, foxings, goniffs, offings, ousting, outings, outsing, tousing, tubings. | |
-5 letters: bigots, bingos, bionts, boffin, boxing, buffos, busing, founts, foxing, fugios, fusing, fusion, futons, gibson, goniff, gonifs, ingots, offing, outing, outsin, soffit, stingo, subfix, subito, suffix, tigons, toxins, tubing, unfits, unfixt. | |
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