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weather-tight

weather-tight is the alternative form of weathertight.

Meaning of weathertight

Adjective

weathertight (comparative more weathertight, superlative most weathertight)

  1. Sealed against the wind and rain.
    • In one week, my house was made weather-tight, and thoroughly cleansed from top to bottom […]1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Dr. Lewis”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    weatherproof

Forms of weather-tight

comparativemore weather-tight
superlativemost weather-tight

Questions about weather-tight

What is weather-tight the alternative form of?
Weather-tight is the alternative form of weathertight.

Words near weather-tight in the dictionary

  1. weather-glasses
  2. weather-gleam
  3. weather-gleams
  4. weather-prophet
  5. weather-prophets
  6. weather-tight
  7. weather-vane
  8. weather-vanes
  9. weather-wise
  10. weatherabilities
  11. weatherability

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