Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of withstanding exposure to weather without damage.
- transitive verb To make weatherproof.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proof against rough weather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Proof against rough weather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of resisting
damage caused by theweather . - verb To make something
resistant to damage caused by the weather.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make resistant to bad weather
- adjective able to withstand exposure to weather without damage
Etymologies
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Examples
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Three months before the election I decided to start burying my assorted products in weatherproof and watertight containers in various places around a large body body of water that is fenced off by a certain city.
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For transmission lines, copper wire covered with waterproof braid -- the so-called weatherproof wire of the trade -- is used.
Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Frederick Irving Anderson 1912
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Seen from the outside, they were velvety sienna walls (the intentional and inherently limited rust of "weatherproof" steel) with a nice raking profile.
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- Stay relaxed in a climate-controlled environment that ensures your enjoyment of the evening and guarantees that it's "weatherproof"
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Flow looks practically bombproof, let alone "weatherproof".
PC PRO - Today 2010
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Ruggedization: Not certified to a formal (IP) standard but built to be 'weatherproof'.
webBikeWorld.com HBC 2010
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- Stay relaxed in a climate-controlled environment that ensures your enjoyment of the evening and guarantees that it's "weatherproof"
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Nor is the most sensitive equipment designed to be 'weatherproof' in hurricane conditions.
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Of course, you first need to buy your own digital camera, try it out and compare everything that you do with it to the things that it claims to be. (be careful to read the specs, options and features that you need to try out, be on the lookout for words such as weatherproof, meaning that they are splash resistant as to waterproof that are water resistant.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Rather, the ornaments must be close to a foot tall, weatherproof and reflect the theme "Forever West," the state's tourism motto.
It'll Be a Sad Christmas if Wyoming Can't Rustle Up Some Ornaments Leslie Eaton 2010
hernesheir commented on the word weatherproof
I've attempted to weatherproof my winter garden by tenting with bedsheets and a tarpaulin over strings of Christmas lights.
December 6, 2010