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hellproof

hellproof adjective: resistant to hell.

Adjective

hellproof (comparative more hellproof, superlative most hellproof)

  1. Resistant to hell.
    • A short while after we had published our early experiments with quartz glass, a man in Southern Virginia wrote to suggest that there might be mutual profit for him and for me if we would consider making silica-glass coffins which, he said, ought to be hellproof.1936, American Society for Testing and Materials, Proceedings, volume 36, number 2, page 9

Forms of hellproof

comparativemore hellproof
superlativemost hellproof

Origin of hellproof

From hell + -proof.

Questions about hellproof

What does hellproof mean?
Hellproof means resistant to hell.
What part of speech is hellproof?
Hellproof is an adjective.

Words near hellproof in the dictionary

  1. Hellois
  2. helloji
  3. hellos
  4. hellova
  5. HELLP
  6. hellproof
  7. hellraiser
  8. hellraisers
  9. hellraising
  10. hellride
  11. hellrides

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