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watertight compartment

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meanings of watertightand compartment


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watertight
adjective
uk /ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.taɪt/
having no openings to allow water to ...
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compartment
noun[C]
uk /kəmˈpɑːt.mənt/ us /kəmˈpɑːrt.mənt/
one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially ...
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Examples of watertight compartment


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They live in a watertightcompartment.
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Each year is a separate watertightcompartment.
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I cannot myself admit the existence of any watertightcompartment.
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We cannot keep education in a watertightcompartment.
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We should not look at disarmament in a watertightcompartment.
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I shall not keep the problem in a watertightcompartment.
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The subject must not be kept in a watertightcompartment.
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It is a little difficult to discuss these things in a complete watertightcompartment.
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Each commodity was being treated, as it were, in a watertightcompartment.
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It is no use working in a watertightcompartment as an autonomous unit.
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We know that it hinges on rehabilitation, but rehabilitation is not in a watertightcompartment.
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The tank design department works far too much as a watertightcompartment.
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We cannot regard special unemployment in a district as something in a watertightcompartment.
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I do not want this matter to be considered in a watertightcompartment.
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He seems to think you can deal with labour in a watertightcompartment.
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It ought not to be confined in any watertightcompartment; it should be applied all round.
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Exports cannot be isolated; you cannot put them in a watertightcompartment.
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Or is this new organisation to be a watertightcompartment free from all criticism?
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We had a most astonishing illustration of his preparedness to work in a watertightcompartment.
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It is impossible to isolate the department in a watertightcompartment.
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Those prejudices and superstitions have contributed to putting technical education in a watertightcompartment.
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In other words we cannot consider nature conservation as a watertightcompartment.
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These two turbines were located in the forward watertightcompartment.
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After the refits, one more watertightcompartment was added.
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We should all lead very dreary lives if we shut our politics away in a watertightcompartment.
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