air-tight meaning in General Dictionary
having no flaws
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- not allowing atmosphere or gas to pass through in or out
- therefore tight on be impermeable to environment; because, an air-tight cylinder.
- A stove the draft of which may be almost totally closed off.
air-tight meaning in General Dictionary
(a.) Therefore tight on be impermeable to atmosphere; since, an air-tight cylinder.
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- (n.) A stove the draft of which can be nearly completely shut down.
Sentence Examples with the word air-tight
This can be shown by suspending an electric bell in the receiver of an air-pump, the wires conveying the current passing through an air-tight cork closing the hole at the top of the receiver.