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stuffing box
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stuffing box
n.
An enclosure containing packing to prevent leakage around a moving machine part.
stuffing box
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a small chamber in which an annular packing is compressed around a reciprocating or rotating rod or shaft to form a seal Also called packing box
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Noun1.stuffing box - a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a sealstuffing box - a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal
packing box
chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space
packing nut, stuffing nut - a nut used to tighten a stuffing box
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Observers said the recount was likely to mainly affect ballots marked for Karzai, whose supporters have been accused of stuffing boxes with large numbers of votes in southern areas where threats and apathy ensured that turnout was extremely low.
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Stuffing boxes with their possessions, Ray, aged 59, described the day as a "kick in the teeth" for the Dodford community, which battled in vain for eight months to save the 100-year-old pub from closure.
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