Meaning of air-tight | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [B2]
Examples
“Further along the gallery was the huge skeleton barrel of a brontosaurus. My museum hypothesis was confirmed. Going toward the side of the gallery I found what appeared to be sloping shelves, and clearing away the thick dust, I found the old familiar glass cases of our own⟳ time. But these must have⟳ been air-tight to judge⟳ from the fair preservation of some of their contents.”
“Spacecraft compartments can be isolated by air-tight doors in case of decompression. The cinematic version of explosive decompression is fiction; holed compartments either take⟳ enough damage⟳ that the occupants are killed instantly, or leak slowly enough that they are able to reach⟳ protective gear.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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