What does weathertight mean?
Weathertight means Sealed against the wind and rain..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Sealed against the wind and rain..
In one week, my house was made weather-tight, and thoroughly cleansed from top to bottom […]
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!
Their brownstone still stands, and it is still snug and weathertight.
Use weathertight when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Weathertight means Sealed against the wind and rain..
Common synonyms include weatherproof.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In one week, my house was made weather-tight, and thoroughly cleansed from top to bottom […]
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