snowproof
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]snowproof (comparative more snowproof, superlative most snowproof)
- Resistant to snow.
- 1847, James Hogg, Titan:
- ...that he looked quite like a gentleman bound on a shooting expedition, and that his friends had every reason to think he would now be snowproof.
- 1915, Archer Eben Knowlton, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers:
- Care should be taken to make windows rain- and snowproof, and to allow opening for ventilation without letting in rain during ordinary storms.
- 2007, Lynn Brunelle, Mama's Little Book of Tricks:
- Make a Snow Angel. What You Need: Snow (deep enough to flop into), your body (preferably covered in snowproof clothes).
Translations
[edit]resistant to snow
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Verb
[edit]snowproof (third-person singular simple present snowproofs, present participle snowproofing, simple past and past participle snowproofed)
- (transitive) To make resistant to snow.