Air-tight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Air-tight is an adjective meaning Alternative form of airtight.
Meaning
Alternative form of airtight.
Example Sentences
Spacecraft compartments can be isolated by air-tight doors in case of decompression. The cinematic version of explosive decompression is fiction; holed compartments either take enough damage that the occupants are killed instantly, or leak slowly enough that they are able to reach protective gear.
Further along the gallery was the huge skeleton barrel of a brontosaurus. My museum hypothesis was confirmed. Going toward the side of the gallery I found what appeared to be sloping shelves, and clearing away the thick dust, I found the old familiar glass cases of our own time. But these must have been air-tight to judge from the fair preservation of some of their contents.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lighttight, leak-proof, water-proof, odourproof, porose, inclosable.
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