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Meaning of steamtight | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape.

Examples

“To ensure that the stays are steamtight, a nut is then screwed tight up to copper washers inside and out.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

steamy stearated stearic stearidonic stearolic stearoylated