airtight
- preventing the entrance or escape of air or gas.
- having no weak points or openings of which an opponent may take advantage: an airtight contract.
Origin of airtight
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impenetrable, invulnerable, irrefutable, unassailable, indisputable, closed, impermeable, shut, incontestableExamples from the Web for airtight
Contemporary Examples of airtight
But good luck convincing other countries that the case against North Korea is airtight.
But the mystery unfolds over an airtight 22 minutes, not a laborious 8.5 hours.
As a reporter for nearly 40 years, I know an airtight story when I see one.
Philly Sportswriter Bill Conlin's Shame: Accused of Child MolestationBuzz Bissinger
December 22, 2011
Refrigerate in an airtight container; will keep for up to one month.
Place all ingredients in an airtight container and allow 12 to 24 hours for the infusion process.
Historical Examples of airtight
I give you my word I could feel myself heatin' up like an airtight stove.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
The mild aroma of Heerenbaai-Tabak filled the airtight groundcar.
WindCharles Louis Fontenay
It was not airtight, but there would probably be no further investigation.
The PerfectionistsArnold Castle
The bodies had been walled in well enough, but those walls were not airtight.
The Iron RationGeorge Abel Schreiner
It was airtight above or below that one spot on the throttle.
Test PilotDavid Goodger (goodger@python.org)
airtight
- not permitting the passage of air either in or out
- having no weak points; rigid or unassailablethis categorization is hardly airtight