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air-raid shelter |
air-ship |
air-slacked |
air-slake |
air-sleeve |
air-tight
| air-to-air
| air-to-air missile
| air-to-ground
| air-to-ground missile
| air-to-surface
air-tight
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective air-tight has 2 senses
- air-tight(s = adj.all) airtight - having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument"
- air-tight(s = adj.all) airtight, gas-tight - not allowing air or gas to pass in or out; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
air-tight, a.
- So tight as to be impermeable to air or other gases; as, an air-tight cylinder; -- said of containers. [1913 Webster]
- of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; -- said of structures [WordNet 1.5]
- so thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; -- of arguments or assertions [PJC]
air-tight, n.
A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. [1913 Webster]
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