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PACKING NUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does packing nut mean?
• PACKING NUT (noun)
The noun PACKING NUT has 1 sense:
1. a nut used to tighten a stuffing box
Familiarity information: PACKING NUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nut used to tighten a stuffing box
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
packing nut; stuffing nut
Hypernyms ("packing nut" is a kind of...):
nut (a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt)
Holonyms ("packing nut" is a part of...):
packing box; stuffing box (a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal)
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