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  • adjective airtight

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Examples

  • The chalk-on-board sound of that six-foot-long zipper closing, the finality of encasing the victim in an airproof sack, feels like a gut-punch no matter how many times you've witnessed it.

    The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006

  • The chalk-on-board sound of that six-foot-long zipper closing, the finality of encasing the victim in an airproof sack, feels like a gut-punch no matter how many times you've witnessed it.

    The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006

  • The gas holder is normally an airproof steel container that, by floating like a ball on the fermentation mix, cuts off air to the digester (anaerobiosis) and collects the gas generated.

    Chapter 15 1979

  • Back of these in turn are folding blinds; then long, close curtains of muslin; then, finally, thick, manifolding, shrouding draperies of some airproof woolen stuff.

    Europe Revised 1910

  • [Storage] Place in airproof, shady and dry condition.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010

  • However, for electric devices, a much higher sealing performance is required to secure airproof properties to lessen the dangers inherent in such devices.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

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