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say it: WETH-ur-proof
weatherproof is a verb and adjective meaning "make resistant to bad weather". It is pronounced /ˈwɛðɚˌpɹuf/ — WETH-ur-proof. It carries 2 recorded senses.
make resistant to bad weather
able to withstand exposure to weather without damage
“weatherproof electric wiring”
“a weatherproof coat”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for weatherproof come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.