break seal
Noun: A seal that is designed to be broken or opened upon first use, indicating that a container or package has been opened and which typically cannot be easily or securely resealed to its original state. It serves as a tamper-evident or freshness indicator.
The term "break seal" is used to describe a specific type of closure on a product's packaging. Its primary function is to provide a clear, irreversible sign that the product has been accessed for the first time. - It is commonly found on food, beverage, medical, and pharmaceutical packaging. - Breaking the seal is often the first step in accessing the product's contents. - The presence of an intact break seal generally assures consumers that the product is new and has not been tampered with.
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- The medicine bottle has a break seal under the cap for safety.
- Before drinking, you must remove the break seal on the juice bottle.
- The integrity of the break seal guarantees the product is factory-fresh.
- "to break the seal": This verb phrase describes the action of opening such a seal.
- Once you break the seal on this container, it must be used quickly.
- The concept is often associated with tamper-evident packaging, where the broken seal provides visible proof the package has been opened.
- Tamper-evident seal: A broader category of seals designed to show evidence of opening, which includes break seals.
- Safety seal: Often used synonymously, especially for pharmaceuticals.
- Inner seal: Refers to a break seal located under a cap or lid.
- Foil seal: A common type of break seal made of foil, often found on food jars and yogurt cups.
- Tamper-proof seal (Note: "tamper-proof" implies resistance, while "tamper-evident" describes the revealing function; they are often used interchangeably in casual contexts).
- Freshness seal.
- Security seal.
- Break the seal: The action of opening such a seal. This phrase is also an informal idiom unrelated to packaging, meaning to urinate for the first time during a drinking session, which leads to needing to go more frequently.
- Packaging context: Remember to break the seal completely before pouring.
- Idiomatic context (listed for awareness, not as a definition of "break seal"): At the party, he joked that he didn't want to break the seal.
- A "break seal" is a specific physical object (the seal itself). The act of opening it is described by the phrasal verb "break the seal."
- It is a compound noun. The definition provided focuses on the sealed closure as a single unit.
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a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed
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it was stored in a tube with a break seal
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