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# draughty

adjective (draughty, draughtier, draughtiest); US spelling drafty

«draughty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Of a room or building: having cold air blowing through it from gaps round windows and doors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#m1)

### In the lessons

An everyday home word, especially for old houses, castles, halls and classrooms in winter. In science lessons on heat, a draughty room loses warm air, and draught excluders and insulation stop it. In stories a draughty old house or castle feels cold, lonely or creepy.

### Examples

- The old castle was dark and draughty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x1)
- Close the door, it's draughty in here! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x2)
- Grandpa put a sausage-shaped draught excluder by the draughty door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x3)
- The village hall is so draughty that we keep our coats on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x4)
- Badger's house was warm and snug, not draughty at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x5)
- Draughty windows let heat escape and waste energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x6)
- The tent was draughty, so we wore woolly hats to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling «draughty», US spelling «drafty»; pronounced DRAHF-tee. From «draught» (a current of cold air). «Draughts» is also the UK name of the board game (US «checkers»). Comparative: draughtier, draughtiest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «draughty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draughty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«draughty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/draughty.html) on Mova free.