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scale-proof

scale-proof is the alternative form of scaleproof.

Meaning of scaleproof

Adjective

scaleproof (comparative more scaleproof, superlative most scaleproof)

  1. Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).
  2. Resistant to being scaled (climbed).
    • When the company had built a scale-proof fence worthy of a prison compound and brought in security personnel to eject the protesters, the ecowarriors had simply sharpened up their game by sabotaging construction vehicles, slashing tyres and setting an awful lot of valuable machinery ablaze, until...2020 May 28, Scott Mariani, The Pretender’s Gold (Ben Hope, Book 21), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN

Forms of scale-proof

comparativemore scale-proof
superlativemost scale-proof

Questions about scale-proof

What is scale-proof the alternative form of?
Scale-proof is the alternative form of scaleproof.

Words near scale-proof in the dictionary

  1. scale worm
  2. scale worms
  3. scale-down
  4. scale-downs
  5. scale-pan
  6. scale-proof
  7. scale-up
  8. scale-ups
  9. scaleability
  10. scaleable
  11. scaleably

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scale-proof (page history and authors); scaleproof (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.

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