English Explanatory Dictionary

watertight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
  2. So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-watertight.wav /ˈwɑː.tɚ.taɪt/ /ˈwɔː.tɚ.taɪt/

Word forms

watertight more watertight most watertight water-tight

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

waterfast waterproof impervious impermeable

Related words

airtight air-tight coldtight cold-tight drafttight draft-tight draughttight draught-tight driptight drip-tight dusttight dust-tight gastight gas-tight heattight heat-tight jointtight joint-tight leaktight leak-tight lighttight light-tight liquidtight liquid-tight oiltight oil-tight pressuretight pressure-tight raintight rain-tight sandtight sand-tight soiltight soil-tight weathertight weather-tight hold water

Derived words

watertightness
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