"weatherproof" meaning in English

See weatherproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɛðəpruːf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weatherproof.wav [UK] Forms: weatherproof [positive], more weatherproof [comparative], most weatherproof [superlative]
Etymology: weather + -proof Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|weather|proof}} weather + -proof Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is weatherproof, it is capable of resisting damage caused by the weather.
    Sense id: simple-weatherproof-en-adj-nrNTVMlK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -proof

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛðəpruːf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weatherproof.wav [UK] Forms: weatherproof [canonical], weatherproofs [third-person, singular], weatherproofed [past], weatherproofed [past, participle], weatherproofing [present, participle]
Etymology: weather + -proof Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|weather|proof}} weather + -proof Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you weatherproof something, you make it weatherproof.
    Sense id: simple-weatherproof-en-verb-J1Xp9lEo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -proof
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