WATERTIGHT

unassailable, unshakable, watertight, bulletproof

(adjective) without flaws or loopholes; “an ironclad contract”; “a watertight alibi”; “a bulletproof argument”

watertight

(adjective) not allowing water to pass in or out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

watertight (comparative more watertight, superlative most watertight)

So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.

(figurative) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.

Synonyms

• waterproof, water-proof, impervious, impermeable

Source: Wiktionary


Wa"ter-tight`, a.

Definition: So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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