airtight
pronunciation
How to pronounce airtight in British English:
UK [ˈeətaɪt]
How to pronounce airtight in American English:
US [ˈertaɪt]
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- Adjective:
- having no weak points
- not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
Word Origin
- airtight (adj.)
- also air-tight, "impervious to air," 1760, from air (n.1) + tight. Figurative sense of "incontrovertible" (of arguments, alabis, etc.) is from 1929.
Example
- 1. Stored in an airtight container , these will keep for about a week .
- 2. Politicians are pinning their hopes for delivery from global warming on a technology that is not quite airtight
- 3. The logic was not airtight .
- 4. After opening , refrigerate in an airtight container for up tofive days .
- 5. I am sealedin a cottage of glass that is completely airtight . Inside I breathe my exhalations .