Synonyms for airtight

Grammar : Adj

Spell : air-tahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛərˌtaɪt

Définition of airtight

Origin : also air-tight, "impervious to air," 1760, from air (n.1) + tight. Figurative sense of "incontrovertible" (of arguments, alabis, etc.) is from 1929.

adj sealed
adj certain

Example sentences :

I give you my word I could feel myself heatin' up like an airtight stove.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The mild aroma of Heerenbaai-Tabak filled the airtight groundcar.
Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay

It was not airtight, but there would probably be no further investigation.
Extract from : « The Perfectionists » by Arnold Castle

The bodies had been walled in well enough, but those walls were not airtight.
Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner

It was airtight above or below that one spot on the throttle.
Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

He had it installed in an airtight room into which only filtered air could pass.
Extract from : « The Year When Stardust Fell » by Raymond F. Jones

As this candy will not keep long put it into an airtight box.
Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 » by Various

They just shut it up in an airtight cell, and then forget all about it.
Extract from : « The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls » by Various

If there is no hole in the filler cap, the latter should not be screwed down so tightly that an airtight joint will be formed.
Extract from : « The Gasoline Motor » by Harold Whiting Slauson

A warm floor is secured by laying it double with an airtight interlining of roofing paper or similar substance.
Extract from : « Making a Poultry House » by Mary Roberts Conover

Antonyms for airtight

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