lighttight

English

Etymology

light + tight; compare watertight.

Adjective

lighttight (comparative more lighttight, superlative most lighttight)

  1. Having no crack or aperture where light can enter.
    • 2000, Stephen G. Anchell, The darkroom cookbook (page 127)
      From a practical point of view it is not always possible to achieve an absolute lighttight home darkroom.

Alternative forms

  • light-tight
  • light tight
  • airtight, air-tight
  • coldtight, cold-tight
  • drafttight, draft-tight
  • draughttight, draught-tight
  • driptight, drip-tight
  • dusttight, dust-tight
  • gastight, gas-tight
  • heattight, heat-tight
  • jointtight, joint-tight
  • leaktight, leak-tight
  • liquidtight, liquid-tight
  • oiltight, oil-tight
  • pressuretight, pressure-tight
  • raintight, rain-tight
  • sandtight, sand-tight
  • soiltight, soil-tight
  • watertight, water-tight
  • weathertight, weather-tight

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