Word Meanings - RAIN-TIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.

Related words: (words related to RAIN-TIGHT)

• TIGHTENER
  That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
• TIGHT
  p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
• EXCLUDE
  Etym: 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from
• TIGHTNESS
  The quality or condition of being tight.
• TIGHTEN
  To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
• TIGHTER
  A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
• TIGHTLY
  In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
• TIGHTS
  Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
• WINDTIGHT
  So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
• WATER-TIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY
  Hoity-toity.
• GASTIGHT
  So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
• RAIN-TIGHT
  So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
• UNTIGHTEN
  To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
• HAND-TIGHT
  As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
• AIR-TIGHT
  So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
• STICK-TIGHT
  Beggar's ticks.