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windproofs

windproofs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of windproof.

Meaning of windproof

Verb

windproof (third-person singular simple present windproofs, present participle windproofing, simple past and past participle windproofed)

  1. (transitive) To make resistant to the wind.

See all 2 meanings of windproof

Noun

windproofs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) trousers designed for cold, windy conditions
    • It looked like a deadlock until at last Katinka pointed to a pair of windproofs that were hanging on the line over the stove.1954, Peter Digby, Vi Digby, Beyond the pack ice

Questions about windproofs

What does windproofs mean?
Windproofs means trousers designed for cold, windy conditions.
What is windproofs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Windproofs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of windproof.
What part of speech is windproofs?
Windproofs is a noun.

Words near windproofs in the dictionary

  1. windplayers
  2. windpower
  3. windproof
  4. windproofed
  5. windproofing
  6. windproofs
  7. windpuff
  8. windpuffs
  9. windpump
  10. windpumps
  11. windpunk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: windproofs (page history and authors); windproof (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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