waterproofing
waterproofing is the present participle and gerund of waterproof.
Noun
waterproofing (countable and uncountable, plural waterproofings)
- The treatment of something to make it waterproof.
- A waterproof material.
- One hundred thirty-one small, highly permeable masonry wall specimens built of concrete blocks or of bricks were treated with cement-water paints or with other waterproofings.1948, Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, page 213
Meaning of waterproof
Verb
waterproof (third-person singular simple present waterproofs, present participle waterproofing, simple past and past participle waterproofed)
- To make waterproof or water-resistant.
- The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
Forms of waterproofing
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Words formed from waterproofing
Phrases with waterproofing
Questions about waterproofing
- What does waterproofing mean?
- Waterproofing means the treatment of something to make it waterproof.
- What is waterproofing the present participle and gerund of?
- Waterproofing is the present participle and gerund of waterproof.
- What part of speech is waterproofing?
- Waterproofing is a noun.
- What is the plural of waterproofing?
- The plural of waterproofing is waterproofings.
Words near waterproofing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: waterproofing (page history and authors); waterproof (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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