What does weather-tight mean?
Weather-tight means Alternative form of weathertight..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of weathertight..
[…] There’s a rubble-stone Unfit for the front o’ the building, stuff to stow In a gap behind and keep us weather-tight; There’s porphyry for the prominent place. Good lack!
Some experts claim that it is a bad practice in stone buildings to build the window-frames in with the stone masonry of the wall, and that the openings should be carefully made, the stone wall being brought to a proper face, thoroughly pointed, and the window-frames put in afterward, if a weather-tight job is desired.
The house was weather-tight and warm, big fires blazed in every room.
Use weather-tight when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Weather-tight means Alternative form of weathertight..
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[…] There’s a rubble-stone Unfit for the front o’ the building, stuff to stow In a gap behind and keep us weather-tight; There’s porphyry for the prominent place. Good lack!
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