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View synonyms for rainproof

rainproof

[ reyn-proof ]

adjective

  1. impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain:

    a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.



verb (used with object)

  1. to make rainproof.

rainproof

/ ˈreɪnˌpruːf /

adjective

  1. Alsoraintight (of garments, materials, buildings, etc) impermeable to rainwater
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to make rainproof
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rainproof1

First recorded in 1825–35; rain + -proof
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Example Sentences

Just behind the barn he built me a lean-to shed, 253 about seventy-five feet long, open toward the east, and shingled rainproof.

We were hurried away to remove our wet rainproof coats and to dry our hats and faces in the brilliant sunshine.

Silk and woolen materials for umbrella making, raincoats, etc., are expected to be rainproof.

Cravenette—Cloths treated and finished before weaving by an improved process which renders them rainproof.

No one would cavil at that term as applied to Whitman—yet one must not forget the “rainproof coat.”

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