OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 16356

watertight

/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estanco • hermético
So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
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 wate…
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.
a toda prueba • sin fisuras
So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.
a watertight alibi
a watertight contract
Phrases