Word.ws English Dictionary

mothproof

mothproof adjective: resistant to being eaten by moths.

Adjective

mothproof (comparative more mothproof, superlative most mothproof)

  1. Resistant to being eaten by moths.

Verb

mothproof (third-person singular simple present mothproofs, present participle mothproofing, simple past and past participle mothproofed)

  1. To apply odoriferous materials intended to repel moths from clothing.

Forms of mothproof

Adjective
comparativemore mothproof
superlativemost mothproof
alternative formmoth-proof
Verb
third-person singular presentmothproofs
present participlemothproofing
past participlemothproofed
pastmothproofed

Origin of mothproof

From moth + -proof.

Words formed from mothproof

Questions about mothproof

What does mothproof mean?
Mothproof means resistant to being eaten by moths.
What part of speech is mothproof?
Mothproof can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near mothproof in the dictionary

  1. mothing
  2. mothless
  3. mothlike
  4. Mothman
  5. Mothparja
  6. mothproof
  7. mothproofed
  8. mothproofer
  9. mothproofers
  10. mothproofing
  11. mothproofings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mothproof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mothproof.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mothproof. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.