A cultural research into the opposite signifiance of this adjectives

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Waterproof (definition)

wa·ter·proof

[waw-ter-proof, wot-er-] 
–adjective
1. impervious to water.
2. rendered impervious to water by some special process, as coating or treating with rubber: a waterproof hat.
 
–noun
3. Chiefly British . a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
4. any of several coated or rubberized fabrics that are impervious to water.
 
–verb (used with object)
5. to make waterproof.
 
Origin:
1730–40; water + -proof

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