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water-tightness

[waw-ter-tahyt, wot-er-]

wa·ter·tight

[waw-ter-tahyt, wot-er-]
adjective
1.
constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
2.
so devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade, or nullify: a watertight contract; a watertight alibi.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see water, tight

wa·ter·tight·ness, noun
non·wa·ter·tight, adjective
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