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weathertight

weathertight adjective: sealed against the wind and rain.

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
    • There's a rubble-stone / Unfit for the front o’ the building, stuff to stow / In a gap behind and keep us weather-tight; / There’s porphyry for the prominent place. Good lack!1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    weatherproof

Synonyms of weathertight

Forms of weathertight

comparativemore weathertight
superlativemost weathertight
alternative formweather-tight

Origin of weathertight

From weather + tight.

Questions about weathertight

What does weathertight mean?
Weathertight means sealed against the wind and rain.
What part of speech is weathertight?
Weathertight is an adjective.

Words near weathertight in the dictionary

  1. weatherstrip
  2. weatherstripped
  3. weatherstripping
  4. weatherstrippings
  5. weatherstrips
  6. weathertight
  7. weathervane
  8. weathervanes
  9. Weatherwax
  10. Weatherwaxes
  11. weatherwear

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