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airtight

[ air-tahyt ]

adjective

  1. preventing the entrance or escape of air or gas.
  2. having no weak points or openings of which an opponent may take advantage:

    an airtight contract.



airtight

/ ˈɛəˌ³Ù²¹Éª³Ù /

adjective

  1. not permitting the passage of air either in or out
  2. having no weak points; rigid or unassailable

    this categorization is hardly airtight

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹¾±°ùt¾±²µ³ó³Ùl²â adverb
  • ²¹¾±°ùt¾±²µ³ó³Ùn±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of airtight1

First recorded in 1750–60; air 1 + tight
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If you’re making a larger batch, peel the eggs once they’ve cooled and store them in an airtight container in the fridge.

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Thirty-nine Vietnamese migrants lost their lives after suffocating inside an airtight container, found in Grays, Essex, on 23 October 2019.

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The job’s not just about drawing up an airtight strategy for plays to call on the field.

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Between the thousands of samples and the airtight legal case, Wilson prevailed.

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However, the concept of mutual exclusivity has never been airtight: ˜yÐÄvlogs like "bat" refer to multiple kinds of objects, while any object can be described using countlessly many words.

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