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leak-proof

leak-proof is the alternative spelling of leakproof.

Meaning of leakproof

Adjective

leakproof (comparative more leakproof, superlative most leakproof)

  1. Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.
    • "In mining work difficult laying conditions, limited space, and movements of the ground, all combine to make the installation of a leakproof main with ordinary joints a very difficult matter."1904, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain), Bulletin, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain) (1904), p. 22

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Forms of leak-proof

comparativemore leak-proof
superlativemost leak-proof

Questions about leak-proof

What is leak-proof the alternative spelling of?
Leak-proof is the alternative spelling of leakproof.

Words near leak-proof in the dictionary

  1. Leahy
  2. Leahys
  3. leak
  4. leak like a sieve
  5. leak out
  6. leak-proof
  7. leakable
  8. leakage
  9. leakage current
  10. leakage currents
  11. leakages

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