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gunproof

gunproof adjective: resistant to guns.

Adjective

gunproof (comparative more gunproof, superlative most gunproof)

  1. Resistant to guns.
    • The Fairy had provided King Giglio with a suit of armour, which was not only embroidered all over with jewels, and blinding to your eyes to look at, but was water-proof, gun-proof, and sword-proof […]1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Rose and the Ring

Forms of gunproof

comparativemore gunproof
superlativemost gunproof

Origin of gunproof

From gun + -proof.

Questions about gunproof

What does gunproof mean?
Gunproof means resistant to guns.
What part of speech is gunproof?
Gunproof is an adjective.

Words near gunproof in the dictionary

  1. gunpowderish
  2. gunpowderous
  3. gunpowders
  4. gunpowdery
  5. gunpower
  6. gunproof
  7. gunrack
  8. gunracks
  9. gunroom
  10. gunrooms
  11. gunrunner

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