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blowproof

blowproof adjective: resistant to being blown.

Adjective

blowproof (comparative more blowproof, superlative most blowproof)

  1. Resistant to being blown.
    • Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115
    • Besides, the candles are blowproof—they can't be blown out.2013, Lotus Rose, Malice in Wonderland #1: Alice the Assassin

Forms of blowproof

comparativemore blowproof
superlativemost blowproof

Origin of blowproof

From blow + -proof.

Questions about blowproof

What does blowproof mean?
Blowproof means resistant to being blown.
What part of speech is blowproof?
Blowproof is an adjective.

Words near blowproof in the dictionary

  1. blowpiper
  2. blowpipers
  3. blowpipes
  4. blowpiping
  5. blowpoint
  6. blowproof
  7. blows
  8. blows a cloud
  9. blows a fuse
  10. blows a hole through
  11. blows a kiss

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