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Word Meanings - RAIN-TIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.

Related words: (words related to RAIN-TIGHT)

  • TIGHTENER
    That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
  • TIGHT
    p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
  • EXCLUDE
    Etym: 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from
  • TIGHTNESS
    The quality or condition of being tight.
  • TIGHTEN
    To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
  • TIGHTER
    A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
  • TIGHTLY
    In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
  • TIGHTS
    Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
  • WINDTIGHT
    So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
  • WATER-TIGHT
    So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
  • HIGHTY-TIGHTY
    Hoity-toity.
  • GASTIGHT
    So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
  • RAIN-TIGHT
    So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
  • UNTIGHTEN
    To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
  • HAND-TIGHT
    As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
  • AIR-TIGHT
    So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
  • STICK-TIGHT
    Beggar's ticks.

 

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