waterproofing

Questions about waterproofing

What does waterproofing mean?

waterproofing means "the act of treating something to make it repel water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waterproofing?

waterproofing has 4 syllables: wa-ter-proo-fing. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔtɚˌpɹufɪŋ/.

What is another word for waterproofing?

Close synonyms include sealing. 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 waterproofing a common word?

waterproofing 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.