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Waterproofing   /wˈɔtərprˌufɪŋ/   Listen
Waterproofing

noun
1.
The act of treating something to make it repel water.  Synonym: sealing.
2.
A coating capable of making a surface waterproof.


Waterproof

verb
1.
Make watertight.





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"Waterproofing" Quotes from Famous Books



... streaks. The question of shingling was tacitly felt to be outside the feminine domain, but as there were five women to one man in the church membership, the feminine domain was frequently obliged to extend its limits into the hitherto unknown. Matters of tarring and waterproofing were discussed in and out of season, and the very school-children imbibed knowledge concerning lapping, over-lapping, and cross-lapping, and first and second quality of cedar shingles. Miss Lobelia Brewster, who had a rooted distrust of anything done ...
— Homespun Tales • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... jars in which the wine ferments are porous and unglazed; the usual waterproofing is adopted, in the shape of tar, with which the inside is thickly coated. There are many jars of a century old, which have lost the flavour by extreme age, and have become liquid-proof by the choking of the pores with the ...
— Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 • Sir Samuel W. Baker


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