wind-tight

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [noun wind, literary wahynd tahyt]
- /noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd taɪt/
- /wɪnd taɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun wind, literary wahynd tahyt]
- /noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd taɪt/

Definition of wind-tight word

adjective wind-tight so tight as to prevent passage of wind or air. 1

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Origin of wind-tight

First appearance:

before 1500

One of the 26% oldest English words

First recorded in 1500-10; wind1 + tight

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Parts of speech for Wind-tight

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wind-tight

wind-tight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.