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noun

Air-tight n. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. (Colloq. U. S.)

adjective

Air-tight adj.

So tight as to be impermeable to air or other gases; as, an air-tight cylinder; said of containers.

Of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; said of structures

So thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; of arguments or assertions "An airtight alibi" "An airtight argument"

Synonyms: airtight, uncontradictable, undeniable.

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Etymology of 'Air-tight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Air-tight" Quotes from Famous Books

... part of the dough may be baked plain. To the balance add caraway seeds, a little citron, nutmeg or a few currants. If carefully baked and cooled, these rolls may be stored in an air-tight box and they will keep for several days. To reheat, place in an oven with a pan of boiling water for ten ...

— Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book - Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions • Mary A. Wilson

... resembled those of the better class of habitants, but with a difference due to the greater prosperity of the family in preceding generations. The main room had a huge fireplace, used only occasionally, for there was an air-tight stove connected with the chimney just above it, to afford greater warmth in winter. The other rooms Were chiefly detached, although there was an entry-like porch on the south front of the living-room, and a huge door opening at the east end, both ...

— The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten

... that nice air-tight that we had in the other house put up. If we had a fire in this old thing the heat would all ...

— The Shoulders of Atlas - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... the intention to remain as much as possible within the cars, yet since it was probable that necessity would arise for occasionally quitting the interior of the electrical ships, Mr. Edison had provided for this emergency by inventing an air-tight dress constructed somewhat after the manner of a diver's suit, but of much lighter material. Each ship was provided with several of these suits, by wearing which one could venture outside the car even when it was beyond the atmosphere of ...

— Edison's Conquest of Mars • Garrett Putman Serviss

... good imagination to get into any real warm trouble—and by the time you have gotten out of it again you have had to double its horse-power. That was Petey's daily recreation. In the morning he would think up an absolutely air-tight reason for being expelled from Siwash as a disturber, an anarchist, a superfluosity and a malefactor of great stealth. That night he would go to his room and figure out an equally good proof that nothing had happened or that whatever had happened was an act of Providence and not traceable ...

— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch

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