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AIRTIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does airtight mean?
• AIRTIGHT (adjective)
The adjective AIRTIGHT has 2 senses:
1. having no weak points
2. not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
Familiarity information: AIRTIGHT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having no weak points
Synonyms:
air-tight; airtight
Context example:
an airtight argument
Similar:
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
Synonyms:
air-tight; airtight; gas-tight
Similar:
tight (of such close construction as to be impermeable)
Context examples
A seal designed to be airtight.
(Hermetic Seal Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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