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sootproof

sootproof adjective: resistant to soot.

Adjective

sootproof (not comparable)

  1. Resistant to soot.
    • A spark plug which will stay sootproof and give long service in any of the Ford cylinders, must be a specially built plug.1921, Chilton's Motor Age: Volume 39, Part 2, Chilton Company, page 128
    • […] only a sootproof plug is of any use to a Mathis owner.1914, The Autocar: Volume 33, London: Iliffe, Sons & Sturmey Limited, page 648

Forms of sootproof

alternative formsoot-proof

Origin of sootproof

From soot + -proof.

Questions about sootproof

What does sootproof mean?
Sootproof means resistant to soot.
What part of speech is sootproof?
Sootproof is an adjective.

Words near sootproof in the dictionary

  1. sootings
  2. sootish
  3. sootless
  4. sootlessness
  5. sootlike
  6. sootproof
  7. soots
  8. Sootses
  9. sooty
  10. sooty albatross
  11. sooty albatrosses

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