Air Lock Definition

noun
An airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside.
Webster's New World
A blockage, as in a water pipe, caused by trapped air.
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Noun

Singular:
air lock
Plural:
air locks

Air Lock Sentence Examples

  • Fill the air lock half full with water and replace the lid on the fermenter.

  • The shaft is lined with a cylinder of wrought iron, within which a tubular chamber, provided with doors above and below, known as an P g air-lock, is fitted by a telescopic joint, which is tightly sinkin packed so as to close the top of the shaft air-tight.

  • Push the air lock into the bung and place the bung into the hole in the lid of the fermentor until snug.

  • When you check the next day, there should be air bubbles forming in the air lock.

  • Prepare your other wine making supplies for the home brewer by sterilizing the carboy, length of vinyl tubing, bung and air lock.

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