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Definition: Soundproof |
SoundproofAdjective1. Impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room". Verb1. Insulate against noise: "Proust had his apartment soundproofed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Soundproof |
| English words defined with "soundproof": deafen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "soundproof": ROOFER APPLICATOR. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Soundproof room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Business | For example, soundproof and Global Positioning System (GPS) models are expected to become more popular. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Soundproof" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Soundproof" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "soundproof": non-soundproof. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "soundproof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i papërshkueshëm nga zëri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حاجب للصوت, عازل للصوت. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шумоизолиращ, изолиращ звука, изолирам от шум, изолирам от звук. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 防音. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zvukotìsný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geluiddicht (sound-absorbing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مانع نفوذصدا, عایق صدا, ضدصدا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | insonoriser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schalldicht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη μεταδίδων τον ήχο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אטים קול. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | insonorizzato (soundproofed), insonorizzare (deaden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 防音 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼうお" (ingratitude, thanklessness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 방음. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jannoo noi sheean. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oundproofsay insonoro, prova de som. (various references) звуконепроницаемый (soundproofed). (various references) zvučno izolovan. (various references) insonorizar, insonorizado. (various references) ljudisolerad, ljudisolera. (various references) ses yalıtımı yapmak, ses geçirmez yapmak (deafen), ses geçirmez (noiseproof). (various references) робити звуконепроникним, звуконепроникний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "soundproof": soundproofed, soundproofing, soundproofs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: profounds. | |
-2 letters: profound, sunproof. | |
-3 letters: odorous, sunroof, unroofs, uropods. | |
-4 letters: donors, doofus, droops, fondus, founds, fronds, nodous, odours, pornos, porous, pounds, proofs, rondos, rounds, unroof, uropod. | |
-5 letters: donor, doors, dorps, droop, drops, durns, duros, fonds, fondu, foods, fordo, fords, found, fours, frond, frons, funds, nodus, nurds, odors, odour, ordos, ponds, poods, poofs, poons, porno, porns. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-f-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: soundproofs. | |
+2 letters: soundproofed. | |
+3 letters: soundproofing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 75 6E 64 70 72 6F 6F 66 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100 01110000 01110010 01101111 01101111 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o u n d p r o o f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0075 006E 0064 0070 0072 006F 006F 0066 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53818780708284818172 |
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