Airtight
adjective
Something that is airtight is completely sealed so that no air can get in or out.
Make sure the container is airtight to keep the food fresh.

Often appears as...
- airtight container
- airtight seal
adjective
Something that is airtight has no mistakes or weaknesses and can't be criticized.
The prosecution presented an airtight case against the defendant.

Often appears as...
- airtight case
- airtight argument
adjective
Something that is airtight is completely sealed so that no air can get in or out.
Make sure the container is airtight to keep the food fresh.

Often appears as...
- airtight container
- airtight seal
adjective
Something that is airtight has no mistakes or weaknesses and can't be criticized.
The prosecution presented an airtight case against the defendant.

Often appears as...
- airtight case
- airtight argument
Definition 1 of 2

Seal Quality
Airtight implies the highest level of sealing, not allowing any air passage.

We use airtight jars to preserve jams for a long time.
Protection Importance
When 'airtight' is used, it usually stresses the importance of protecting contents from air or moisture.

These documents are in an airtight safe to prevent damage.
Preservation
'Airtight' suggests long-term storage or preservation in various contexts.

Coffee beans are kept in airtight packaging to maintain freshness.
Seal Quality
Airtight implies the highest level of sealing, not allowing any air passage.

We use airtight jars to preserve jams for a long time.
Protection Importance
When 'airtight' is used, it usually stresses the importance of protecting contents from air or moisture.

These documents are in an airtight safe to prevent damage.
Preservation
'Airtight' suggests long-term storage or preservation in various contexts.

Coffee beans are kept in airtight packaging to maintain freshness.
Seal Quality
Airtight implies the highest level of sealing, not allowing any air passage.

We use airtight jars to preserve jams for a long time.
Protection Importance
When 'airtight' is used, it usually stresses the importance of protecting contents from air or moisture.

These documents are in an airtight safe to prevent damage.
Preservation
'Airtight' suggests long-term storage or preservation in various contexts.

Coffee beans are kept in airtight packaging to maintain freshness.
Video examples
The Future of...
I'd be exposed to the world and three bugs crawling on me I'd brush them off wrap myself up again but on this day that very day that we found this snake I'm looking around thinking gosh a snake could crawl in here any time you know this isn't exactly an airtight house and sure enough in the middle of that very night after we ate the snake I woke up
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Building Shelter PIPE How...
about them in terms of human exploration they could be an attractive place to consider they provide a structure that is radiation for your in the huge underground cavern you still have to have airtight holes and stuff like that it's not like it'll hold the air in but it'll protect you from radiation and it also protect you from temperature
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Space Toilet PIPE Known...
see if myself right but you know did the in a strainer to survive space you got it you got a do this goes yes there's a price you have to pay to get to space and survive and you're paying it right now sitting down correctly also creates an airtight seal allowing suction to take your deposit
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How to see with sound -...
First, the skin is covered with conductive gel. Since sound waves lose speed and clarity when traveling through air, this gooey substance ensures an airtight seal between the body and the wand emitting ultrasound waves.
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One of the most epic...
This first step in construction was also the most challenging. Building on the rocky river bed involved the use of a largely untested pneumatic caissons. Workers lowered these airtight wooden boxes into the river,
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Body Chute PIPE Doomsday...
foot long trash chute to save his family from their own waste put all of your trash in here but it still has a residue of things that can rot and smell so the idea is we have to make an airtight door here
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Sticky Octopus PIPE Do or...
thousands of chemical receptors making insensitive to both touch and taste they're also made of pure muscle enabling each sucker to create an airtight seal around whatever they clamp
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Roger Ebert: Remaking my...
and respiratory system. We need to be able to hold and manipulate that breath in order to form sounds. Therefore, the system must be essentially airtight in order to capture air.
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The Mani Tribe's Blowgun...
And then that totally completes the air seal. Huh? Making the tube airtight allows us to fire the darts using the power of our lungs.
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Super Rig Problems PIPE...
concrete inherently is a flawless airtight material what's important to know is that with any structure if you
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The Future of...
I'd be exposed to the world and three bugs crawling on me I'd brush them off wrap myself up again but on this day that very day that we found this snake I'm looking around thinking gosh a snake could crawl in here any time you know this isn't exactly an airtight house and sure enough in the middle of that very night after we ate the snake I woke up
Video examples
Building Shelter PIPE How...
about them in terms of human exploration they could be an attractive place to consider they provide a structure that is radiation for your in the huge underground cavern you still have to have airtight holes and stuff like that it's not like it'll hold the air in but it'll protect you from radiation and it also protect you from temperature
Video examples
Space Toilet PIPE Known...
see if myself right but you know did the in a strainer to survive space you got it you got a do this goes yes there's a price you have to pay to get to space and survive and you're paying it right now sitting down correctly also creates an airtight seal allowing suction to take your deposit
Video examples
How to see with sound -...
First, the skin is covered with conductive gel. Since sound waves lose speed and clarity when traveling through air, this gooey substance ensures an airtight seal between the body and the wand emitting ultrasound waves.
Video examples
One of the most epic...
This first step in construction was also the most challenging. Building on the rocky river bed involved the use of a largely untested pneumatic caissons. Workers lowered these airtight wooden boxes into the river,
Video examples
Body Chute PIPE Doomsday...
foot long trash chute to save his family from their own waste put all of your trash in here but it still has a residue of things that can rot and smell so the idea is we have to make an airtight door here
Video examples
Sticky Octopus PIPE Do or...
thousands of chemical receptors making insensitive to both touch and taste they're also made of pure muscle enabling each sucker to create an airtight seal around whatever they clamp
Video examples
Roger Ebert: Remaking my...
and respiratory system. We need to be able to hold and manipulate that breath in order to form sounds. Therefore, the system must be essentially airtight in order to capture air.
Video examples
The Mani Tribe's Blowgun...
And then that totally completes the air seal. Huh? Making the tube airtight allows us to fire the darts using the power of our lungs.
Video examples
Super Rig Problems PIPE...
concrete inherently is a flawless airtight material what's important to know is that with any structure if you
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Chris Wood
American Actor
I drink regular pour-over coffee, black. It's all about the beans. I'm always stocked at home with single-origin coffees from around the world, never more than two weeks old, kept in airtight containers.

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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
A bit of a theory, more a corner of the eye noticing than an airtight argument: in the course of long artistic careers, women are more likely than men to change form and style, Proteus-like.

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J. D. Salinger
American Novelist
I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.

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George M. Church
American Scientist
At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable.

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Nathaniel Rich
American Novelist
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.

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Chris Wood
American Actor
I drink regular pour-over coffee, black. It's all about the beans. I'm always stocked at home with single-origin coffees from around the world, never more than two weeks old, kept in airtight containers.

Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
A bit of a theory, more a corner of the eye noticing than an airtight argument: in the course of long artistic careers, women are more likely than men to change form and style, Proteus-like.

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J. D. Salinger
American Novelist
I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.

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George M. Church
American Scientist
At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable.

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Nathaniel Rich
American Novelist
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.

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