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scaleproof

scaleproof adjective: resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).

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 scaleproof

comparativemore scaleproof
superlativemost scaleproof
alternative formscale-proof

Origin of scaleproof

From scale + -proof.

Questions about scaleproof

What does scaleproof mean?
Scaleproof means resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).
What part of speech is scaleproof?
Scaleproof is an adjective.

Words near scaleproof in the dictionary

  1. scaleograms
  2. scaleout
  3. scaleouts
  4. scalepan
  5. scalepans
  6. scaleproof
  7. scaler
  8. Scalera
  9. Scaleras
  10. scalers
  11. scales

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