Word Meanings - AIR-TIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AIR-TIGHT)

• Hermetically
• Air-tight
• closely

Related words: (words related to AIR-TIGHT)

• AIR-TIGHT
  So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
• HERMETICALLY
  1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle. 2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure. Note: A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity;
• CLOSELY
  1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.