shellproof

1. 1.

   able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells

   “bombproof shelter”

   Synonymsbombproof

   Similarinvulnerable

Other forms of shellproof

comparative

shellproofer·

superlative

shellproofest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shellproof

What does shellproof mean?

shellproof means "able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells".

How many syllables are in shellproof?

shellproof has 2 syllables: shell-proof. The stress falls on "shell".

What is another word for shellproof?

Close synonyms include bombproof. 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 shellproof a common word?

shellproof 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.