AIRTIGHT


Meaning of AIRTIGHT in English

also air-tight

1.

If a container is ~, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.

Store the cookies in an ~ tin.

ADJ

2.

An ~ alibi, case, argument, or agreement is one that has been so carefully put together that nobody will be able to find a fault in it. (AM; in BRIT, use watertight )

Mick had an ~ alibi.

ADJ

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