Airtight
preventing the entrance or escape of air or gas.
having no weak points or openings of which an opponent may take advantage:
an airtight contract.
Contemporary Examples
But the mystery unfolds over an airtight 22 minutes, not a laborious 8.5 hours.
Why ‘Arrested Development’s’ Fourth Season Is a Bust: Contracts and More Marlow Stern May 27, 2013
Transfer the salsa verde to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator if not using immediately.
How Top Chefs Stay Thin Rachel Syme December 14, 2009
Refrigerate in an airtight container; will keep for up to one month.
Lights, Camera, Cocktails Brody Brown August 4, 2011
Place all ingredients in an airtight container and allow 12 to 24 hours for the infusion process.
Film-Inspired Cocktails: Sucker Punch Brody Brown March 25, 2011
As a reporter for nearly 40 years, I know an airtight story when I see one.
Philly Sportswriter Bill Conlin’s Shame: Accused of Child Molestation Buzz Bissinger December 21, 2011
Historical Examples
Like almost everything else, the power-cartridge plant was airtight and had its own oxygen-generator.
The Cosmic Computer Henry Beam Piper
The bodies had been walled in well enough, but those walls were not airtight.
The Iron Ration George Abel Schreiner
The clock is enclosed in an airtight glass case so as to avoid barometric error.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 Various
It was airtight above or below that one spot on the throttle.
Test Pilot David Goodger ([email protected])
On the final day, Markwith was given a chance to redeem himself, and pitched an airtight game.
Baseball Joe, Home Run King Lester Chadwick
adjective
not permitting the passage of air either in or out
having no weak points; rigid or unassailable: this categorization is hardly airtight
adj.
also air-tight, “impervious to air,” 1760, from air (n.1) + tight. Figurative sense of “incontrovertible” (of arguments, alabis, etc.) is from 1929.
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- Air-to-air
operating between airborne objects, especially aircraft: air-to-air missiles; air-to-air communication. from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight: They refueled air-to-air. Contemporary Examples But Predators are vulnerable to even the most obsolete surface-to-air missiles or air-to-air fighter aircraft. The Killer Drone Goes Stealthy—Just in Time for a New Cold War Zach […]
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operating or directed from a flying aircraft to the surface: air-to-surface missiles. from a flying aircraft to the surface of the earth: They released the rockets air-to-surface.
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