HyperDic: stuffing_box

English > 1 sense of the expression stuffing box:
NOUNartifactstuffing box, packing boxa small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal
English > stuffing box: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal.
Synonympacking box
Partsstuffing nut, packing nutA nut used to tighten a stuffing box
BroaderchamberA natural or artificial enclosed space

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