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floodproof

adj

Etymology

From flood + -proof.

  1. inherited from *flōduz✻
  2. inherited from *flōdu✻
  3. inherited from flōd
  4. inherited from flod
  5. suffixed as floodproof — “flood + proof”

Definitions

  1. Resistant to flooding.

  2. To make resistant to flooding.

    • The minor league ballpark has been floodproofed.

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