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watertight

/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/

watertight adjective: so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.

Adjective

watertight (comparative more watertight, superlative most watertight)

  1. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
    • What a day, eh? Demmy, it's like the commencement of the rainy season in Bengal. But you'll find my carriage is watertight. Come along, my mother and Emmy are in the vestry.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
    • There is no reference to rough weather, and, indeed, the state of the vessel’s paint and rigging excludes the idea that she was abandoned for any such reason. She is perfectly watertight.1890 March 6, Arthur Conan Doyle, “J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement”, in The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales, Longmans, Green & Co
  2. (figuratively) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.
    • a watertight alibi
    • a watertight contract

watertight meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

watertight in Tamil

நீர் கசியா நீரிறுக்கமான, நீர் தடுப்பமைவு, நீர்த்தடுப்பு, நீர்புகா

watertight in Urdu

پن روک, قابل اعتبار

watertight in Malayalam

വെളളം കടക്കാത്ത, ഒട്ടും ജലം കടക്കാത്ത

watertight in Kannada

ನೀರುತೂರದ, ನೀರುಸೋರದ, ನೀರುತಡೆಯ, ನೀರುತಡೆವ, ಚನ್ನಾಗಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡ, ತಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲದ

Examples of watertight in a sentence

  • a watertight regulation
  • David Cameron has said his EU deal will be legally binding and watertight, after a senior European politician claimed countries could simply undo it after the UK voted to remain in the union.2016 February 5, Rowena Mason, “David Cameron: EU deal will be legally binding”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  • Can this rearguard be trusted to remain watertight and protect what a high-quality attack can give them?2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:

Synonyms of watertight

Forms of watertight

comparativemore watertight
superlativemost watertight
alternative formwater-tight

Origin of watertight

From water + tight. Compare Scots wattirticht (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterticht (“waterproof”), Dutch waterdicht (“waterproof, watertight”), German wasserdicht (“watertight, waterproof”), Danish vandtæt (“watertight”), Swedish vattentät (“watertight, waterproof”).

Words formed from watertight

Questions about watertight

What does watertight mean?
Watertight means so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
What is watertight in Tamil?
Watertight in Tamil is நீர் கசியா நீரிறுக்கமான, நீர் தடுப்பமைவு, நீர்த்தடுப்பு. See Watertight meaning in Tamil.
How do you use watertight in a sentence?
a watertight regulation
What part of speech is watertight?
Watertight is an adjective.
How do you pronounce watertight?
Watertight is pronounced /ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/ (UK).

Words near watertight in the dictionary

  1. Waterthorpe
  2. waterthrush
  3. waterthrushes
  4. waterthyme
  5. waterthymes
  6. watertight
  7. watertightness
  8. Waterton
  9. Waterton Park
  10. Watertown
  11. watertube boiler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watertight (page history and authors); watertight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); watertight (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); watertight (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); watertight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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