damp-proof course

1. 1.

   a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building

   Synonymsdamp course

   Broadercourse

Questions about damp-proof course

What does damp-proof course mean?

damp-proof course means "a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building".

What is another word for damp-proof course?

Close synonyms include damp course. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is damp-proof course a common word?

damp-proof course is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.