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noun

leak

CEFR B2

an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

In a sentence

Six example sentences with leak, each labelled with its topic.

  • A tiny crack in the old camera back produced a light leak that fogged one corner of every frame.

    Photography

  • The facade survey traced a slow leak above the lobby ceiling to a cracked joint on the third floor terrace.

    Architecture

  • A leak in the pressure cooker gasket let steam whistle out sideways, so the beans never softened properly.

    Cooking

  • A small leak in the tent seam let rain drip onto my sleeping bag through the whole night in the Highlands.

    Travel

  • The vacuum chamber would not hold pressure because of a leak at one flange, which took a helium sniffer to find.

    Science

  • A leak in the buried pipeline let oil seep into the creek for a week before anyone noticed the sheen.

    Environment

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