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say it: seel
seal is a noun and verb meaning "fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters". It is pronounced /ˈsil/ — seel. It carries 15 recorded senses.
fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare
“SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land”
military
a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
“the warrant bore the sheriff's seal”
an indication of approved or superior status
fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
hunt seals
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for seal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.