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airlessair‧less /ˈeələs $ ˈer-/ adjective   - a hot, airless kitchen
- Hales lived in a tiny, airless room with one small window that wouldn't open.
- The classroom was airless and uncomfortably hot.
- From outside, the sounds of a game of cricket floated into the hot airless room.
- He preferred the airless quiet of the tunnel to the numbing of his skull.
- He was alone in an airless, partially disabled ship, all communication with Earth cut off.
- It was his building, Lewis' s. It was like his tomb or mausoleum, almost airless.
- It was hot, airless, badly lit, and generally had a cramped below-decks feel to it.
- Oliver stared around the dark, airless shop at the coffins, some finished, some only half-made.
- The room is airless, the windows too high for him to open or to see out.
- The rooms smelled musty and airless, and wallpaper was peeling in great patches.
when there is not enough fresh air► stuffy a room or building that is stuffy does not have enough fresh air, often because it is small or there are too many people in it: · The hotel room was hot and stuffy, and I woke up with a terrible headache.· It's getting stuffy in here -- shall I open the window?· I wish I could escape from this stuffy little office. ► airless a room or building that is airless feels like it does not have enough air in it for you to breathe properly: · The classroom was airless and uncomfortably hot. · Hales lived in a tiny, airless room with one small window that wouldn't open. ► stifling very hot and uncomfortable, and without enough air for you to breathe properly: · It was stifling in there; I was glad to get out.· The heat in the narrow packed streets was stifling.stifling hot: · The room was stifling hot. airless places or conditions are unpleasant because there is not enough fresh air → airy:  an airless room |