hermetically sealed

Main Entry:  hermetically sealed
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  with an airtight seal; orig., sealed by chemists' methods
Example:  Bread is best kept hermetically sealed.
Etymology:  1692; fr. Hermes, first chemist
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