adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
airtight/watertight seal
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an airtight seal around the windows
an airtight/watertight container (= not allowing air or water in )
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Seeds are best stored in airtight containers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a watertight compartment
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Most wooden ships were watertight in harbour, but they all leaked when they got out to sea.
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The cameras had been stored in watertight containers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A completely watertight one was obviously impossible; and it would also be sufficiently unusual to be suspicious.
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But the Basle convention fails to offer a watertight answer to the awkward question: which waste is hazardous?
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It seemed the basketwork was not as watertight as intended.
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On this framework they constructed an airand watertight chamber, with the curtain wall as one of its sides.
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Or thaw it in cold water in its watertight wrapper for more rapid thawing.
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The agreement drawn up when property changes hands must be absolutely watertight .
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There will be a rolling maintenance programme of the external walls and roof to ensure they continue to be wind and watertight .
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To build these structures under water, the work place is enclosed by watertight walls.