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AIRLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does airless mean?
• AIRLESS (adjective)
The adjective AIRLESS has 1 sense:
1. lacking fresh air
Familiarity information: AIRLESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking fresh air
Synonyms:
airless; close; stuffy; unaired
Context example:
hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
Similar:
unventilated (not ventilated)
Context examples
The airless surfaces of Mercury and the Moon are scarred by many impact craters.
(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)
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