air lock
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air lock

noun

Definition of AIR LOCK

1
: an intermediate chamber with two airtight doors or openings to permit passage between two dissimilar spaces (as two places of unequal atmospheric pressure)
2
: a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought to circulate

First Known Use of AIR LOCK

1840

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