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adjective
- 1. not allowing air to escape or pass through: "an airtight box" Similar Opposite
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AIRTIGHT definition: 1. completely closed so that no air can get in or out: 2. completely closed so that no air can get…. Learn more.
2 meanings: 1. not permitting the passage of air either in or out 2. having no weak points; rigid or unassailable.... Click for more definitions.
The meaning of AIRTIGHT is impermeable to air or nearly so. How to use airtight in a sentence.
If something's airtight, it is completely sealed so that no air can get in or out of it. When you make homemade jam with the raspberries you picked, it's important to make sure the lids are airtight so the jam won't spoil. Many kinds of food and medicine you buy in a store are airtight.
Definition of airtight adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
AIRTIGHT meaning: 1. completely closed so that no air can get in or out: 2. completely closed so that no air can get…. Learn more.
An airtight alibi, case, argument, or agreement is one that has been so carefully put together that nobody will be able to find a fault in it. [ US ] If she could just establish the time the picture had been taken, Mick would have an airtight alibi.
Define airtight. airtight synonyms, airtight pronunciation, airtight translation, English dictionary definition of airtight. adj. 1. Impermeable by air. 2. Having no weak points; sound: an airtight excuse. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
A complete guide to the word "AIRTIGHT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
OED's earliest evidence for airtight is from 1844, in the writing of ‘Jonathan Slick’ (real name Ann Stephens). It is also recorded as an adjective from the early 1700s. airtight is formed within English, by conversion.
