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soundproof

soundproof adjective: not allowing sound through.

Adjective

soundproof (comparative more soundproof, superlative most soundproof)

  1. Not allowing sound through.
    • The contestant was placed in a soundproof booth so he could not receive help from the audience.
    • The electrical activity of the subject's cerebral cortex was recorded in a state of relative rest, after a 5 min adaptation of the subject to a dark soundproof chamber. The biopotentials were recorded from the electroencephaloscope screen […]2013, K. H. Pribram, A. R. Luria, Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes, page 92

Verb

soundproof (third-person singular simple present soundproofs, present participle soundproofing, simple past and past participle soundproofed)

  1. To make resistant to transmitting sound.
    • We soundproofed the room so we couldn't hear the road noises; unfortunately we couldn't hear the fire alarm either.
    • It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141

soundproof meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Vietnamese

soundproof in Tamil

ஒலி புகா, ஒலிக்காப்புடைய

soundproof in Bengali

শব্দনিরোধক

soundproof in Kannada

ಧ್ವನಿನಿರೋಧಕ, ಶಬ್ದನಿರೋಧಕ, ಶಬ್ದ ನಿರೋಧಕವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು

soundproof in Vietnamese

describing something that does not allow sound through
cách âm

Forms of soundproof

Adjective
comparativemore soundproof
superlativemost soundproof
Verb
third-person singular presentsoundproofs
present participlesoundproofing
past participlesoundproofed
pastsoundproofed

Origin of soundproof

From sound + -proof.

Words formed from soundproof

Questions about soundproof

What does soundproof mean?
Soundproof means not allowing sound through.
What is soundproof in Tamil?
Soundproof in Tamil is ஒலி புகா, ஒலிக்காப்புடைய. See Soundproof meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soundproof?
Soundproof can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near soundproof in the dictionary

  1. soundpeople
  2. soundperson
  3. soundpersons
  4. soundpost
  5. soundposts
  6. soundproof
  7. soundproofed
  8. soundproofer
  9. soundproofers
  10. soundproofing
  11. soundproofings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: soundproof (page history and authors); soundproof (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soundproof (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soundproof (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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