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watertight

Best crossword clue

"Leakproof"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeghirtttwStarts with WEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. without flaws or loopholes

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • What a day, eh? Demmy, it's like the commencement of the rainy season in Bengal. But you'll find my carriage is watertight. Come along, my mother and Emmy are in the vestry.
  • There is no reference to rough weather, and, indeed, the state of the vessel’s paint and rigging excludes the idea that she was abandoned for any such reason. She is perfectly watertight.
  • a watertight alibi

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