-PROOF


Meaning of -PROOF in English

-proof /pruːf/ BrE AmE suffix

1 . [in adjectives] used to describe something which a particular thing cannot harm or pass through, or which protects people against that thing:

a bulletproof car

a waterproof jacket

an ovenproof dish (=that cannot be harmed by heat)

2 . [in adjectives] used to describe something which cannot easily be affected or damaged by someone or something:

a childproof container

vandal-proof

3 . [in verbs] to treat or make something so that a particular thing cannot harm it or pass through it, or so that it gives protection against it:

soundproof a room (=so that sound cannot get into or out of it)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.