"shatterproof" meaning in English

See shatterproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more shatterproof [comparative], most shatterproof [superlative]
Etymology: From shatter + -proof. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|shatter|-proof|text=+|tree=1}} From shatter + -proof. Head templates: {{en-adj}} shatterproof (comparative more shatterproof, superlative most shatterproof)
  1. Resistant to shattering; difficult to break. Translations (difficult to break): splitterfrei (German), άθραυστος (áthrafstos) (Greek), splitterfri (Swedish)
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Verb

Forms: shatterproofs [present, singular, third-person], shatterproofing [participle, present], shatterproofed [participle, past], shatterproofed [past]
Etymology: From shatter + -proof. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|shatter|-proof|text=+|tree=1}} From shatter + -proof. Head templates: {{en-verb}} shatterproof (third-person singular simple present shatterproofs, present participle shatterproofing, simple past and past participle shatterproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to shattering. Tags: transitive
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Inflected forms

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