"snowproof" meaning in English

See snowproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more snowproof [comparative], most snowproof [superlative]
Etymology: snow + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snow|proof}} snow + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} snowproof (comparative more snowproof, superlative most snowproof)
  1. Resistant to snow. Translations (resistant to snow): sneeuwbestendig (Dutch), lumenkestävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-snowproof-en-adj-rzQ~Za73

Verb

Forms: snowproofs [present, singular, third-person], snowproofing [participle, present], snowproofed [participle, past], snowproofed [past]
Etymology: snow + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snow|proof}} snow + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} snowproof (third-person singular simple present snowproofs, present participle snowproofing, simple past and past participle snowproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to snow. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snowproof-en-verb-7TRVCO9~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 7 93

Inflected forms

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