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lightningproof

lightningproof adjective: resistant to lightning.

Adjective

lightningproof (comparative more lightningproof, superlative most lightningproof)

  1. Resistant to lightning.
    • Dr. Kurt Urban, most shocked man in the world, on roof of Mt. Generoso lightningproof cabin.1931, Popular Science, volume 119, number 3, page 26

Forms of lightningproof

comparativemore lightningproof
superlativemost lightningproof

Origin of lightningproof

From lightning + -proof.

Questions about lightningproof

What does lightningproof mean?
Lightningproof means resistant to lightning.
What part of speech is lightningproof?
Lightningproof is an adjective.

Words near lightningproof in the dictionary

  1. lightningbug
  2. lightninged
  3. lightninging
  4. lightninglike
  5. lightningly
  6. lightningproof
  7. lightnings
  8. lightpaper
  9. lightpapers
  10. lightpath
  11. lightpaths

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