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dust-tight

dust-tight adjective: impervious to dust, not allowing dust to penetrate.

Adjective

dust-tight (comparative more dust-tight, superlative most dust-tight)

  1. Impervious to dust, not allowing dust to penetrate.
    • The electro-pneumatic contactor equipment is arranged in four groups, each contained in a removable dust-tight steel box suspended from the underframe.1956 December, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 852
    Synonyms:
    dustproof

Synonyms of dust-tight

Forms of dust-tight

comparativemore dust-tight
superlativemost dust-tight

Questions about dust-tight

What does dust-tight mean?
Dust-tight means impervious to dust, not allowing dust to penetrate.
What part of speech is dust-tight?
Dust-tight is an adjective.

Words near dust-tight in the dictionary

  1. dust-off
  2. dust-offs
  3. dust-out
  4. dust-outs
  5. dust-ridden
  6. dust-tight
  7. dust-up
  8. dust-ups
  9. dustable
  10. dustbag
  11. dustbags

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