watertight
Example Sentences
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YCT said the scheme was needed to ensure the building remained watertight and to safeguard its "internationally significant interior".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
After hitting the iceberg, five watertight compartments were breached, leading to Titanic sinking.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The crew needed a watertight soundstage for that scene, so they savvily constructed the set in the school’s empty pool, where overflowing water would not be an issue.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
Like, each of us starts out as a watertight vessel.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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