steamtight

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adjective

So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape.

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Meanings

adjectivesteamtight (comparative more steamtight, superlative most steamtight)

comparative more steamtight · superlative most steamtight

  1. So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape.

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

    1955 February, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Belpaire Firebox”, in Railway Magazine, page 146

Origin

From steam + tight.

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APA

steamtight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamtight

MLA

“steamtight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamtight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steamtight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamtight.

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