| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having no weak points.[Wordnet]
2. Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out.[Wordnet] 3. So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.[Websters] 4. Being airtight or hermetic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being tight, watertight, weatherproof, leakproof or impermeable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Adjective base of the adverb air-tightly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (air-tightly) | 1. Seldom used adverbial inflection of the adjective air-tight.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.[Websters]. | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "AIR-TIGHT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
