watertightadjective
uk/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.taɪt/watertight adjective (NO WATER)
having no openings to allow water to get in:
They're doing some repairs to make the roof more watertight.
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Open and closed
- airtight
- ajar
- barred
- closed
- crack
- gaping
- hermetic
- hermetically sealed
- latch
- open
- outspread
- patency
- sealed
- shut
- to
- undone
- wide-eyed
watertight adjective (NO DOUBTS)
(of a theory, plan, or agreement) formed very carefully in every detail so that nothing is uncertain or in doubt:
This book is designed to be provocative rather than a watertight piece of economic analysis.
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Certainty
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- bet
- consider it done idiom
- cut and dried
- decided
- decidedly
- definite
- doubt
- indeed
- mistake
- natch
- pronounced
- proof positive
- seal
- set/put the seal on sth idiom
- shadow
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watertight adjective (NO GOALS)
UK If a football team has a watertight defence, it stops an opponent from scoring a goal. :
Rovers' defence will need to be watertight in their Carling Cup clash with Watford.
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- scrimmage
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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General terms used in ball sports