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pestproof

pestproof adjective: resistant to pests.

Adjective

pestproof (comparative more pestproof, superlative most pestproof)

  1. Resistant to pests.

Verb

pestproof (third-person singular simple present pestproofs, present participle pestproofing, simple past and past participle pestproofed)

  1. (transitive) To make resistant to pests.

Forms of pestproof

Adjective
comparativemore pestproof
superlativemost pestproof
Verb
third-person singular presentpestproofs
present participlepestproofing
past participlepestproofed
pastpestproofed

Origin of pestproof

From pest + -proof.

Questions about pestproof

What does pestproof mean?
Pestproof means resistant to pests.
What part of speech is pestproof?
Pestproof can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near pestproof in the dictionary

  1. pestological
  2. pestologist
  3. pestologists
  4. pestology
  5. pestos
  6. pestproof
  7. pestproofed
  8. pestproofing
  9. pestproofs
  10. pestre
  11. pestred

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