"windproof" meaning in English

See windproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more windproof [comparative], most windproof [superlative]
Etymology: wind + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wind|proof}} wind + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} windproof (comparative more windproof, superlative most windproof)
  1. Providing protection from the wind. Translations (providing protection from the wind): vindtæt (Danish), tuulenpitävä (Finnish), 防風 (bōfū) (Japanese), vindtett (Norwegian Bokmål), vindtett (Norwegian Nynorsk), vindtät (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-windproof-en-adj-~2IQi-Th Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 48 52

Verb

Forms: windproofs [present, singular, third-person], windproofing [participle, present], windproofed [participle, past], windproofed [past]
Etymology: wind + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wind|proof}} wind + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} windproof (third-person singular simple present windproofs, present participle windproofing, simple past and past participle windproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to the wind. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-windproof-en-verb-dFvZ4VfW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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