Airtight vs Waterthight - What's the difference?
airtight | waterthight |
Being impermeable to air or other gases.
(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
* 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
* 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
airtight
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Alternative forms
* air-tight * air tightAdjective
(en adjective)- We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
- when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
- He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.
