light-tight

Examples

• All

• And so, you know, they give you these little rooms to sleep in which are light tight and, and sound tight because you have to sleep in the daytime.

• So now I want to paint these so that they're light tight, which means I want to paint them black on the back.

• One set of four cages was placed in a light-tight metal can with timers set to expose the adults to a sixteen-hour period of light every twenty-four hours.

  Academic text (1992)

• The photographer used a light-tight bag to protect the film from exposure while changing lenses.

• For the experiment, we stored the samples in a light-tight container to prevent any light interference.

• The darkroom needs to be completely light-tight so that no light can affect the sensitive materials inside.

Synonyms

I

impenetrable

vslight-tight

3 7.0

So thick that you cannot see through it

is the absolute blocking sense rather than density causing darkness

O

opaque

vslight-tight

1 4.7

An object that does not let light pass

is framed as total imperviousness to light rather than general blocking

L

lightproof

vslight-tight

5.1

Not letting light pass through

is written with a hyphen but means the same

How Light-Permeable

transparent

54 3.2

translucent

30 4.8

light-tight

1 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology