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Definitions: Waterproofing |
WaterproofingNoun1. The act of treating something to make it repel water. 2. A coating capable of making a surface waterproof. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemical Industry | Closes the pores of the fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: WaterproofingSynonym: sealing (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Waterproofing |
| English words defined with "waterproofing": roofing paper ♦ tar paper. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "waterproofing": asphalt paper ♦ bitumen paper ♦ CASTILLA ELASTICA, CEMENT FITTINGS MAKER, COMPOSITION-STONE APPLICATOR ♦ Dry Floodproofing ♦ flame inhibitor ♦ LABORATORY TESTER ♦ MIXER I ♦ pitch paper ♦ shallow fording capability, stanking, summer black oil, SUPERVISOR, WATERPROOFING ♦ tarred brown paper ♦ VARNISHING-UNIT TOOL SETTER ♦ waterproofed stone dust, WHIZZER, whizzer operator. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Brazil | Best prospects for U.S. exporters include electrical outlets, wallpapers, floor coverings, insulation and waterproofing products, and builder tools. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Waterproofing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 42.11% of the time. "Waterproofing" is used about 19 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 42.11% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 31.58% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 15.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "waterproofing": re-waterproofing. | |
| 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 "waterproofing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 防水 (Waterproof, waterproofed, water-resistant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | affald fra fremstilling,formulering,distribution og brug af klæbestoffer og fugemasser(herunder tætningsmidler) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afval van bereiding,formulering,levering en gebruik van lijm en kit(inclusief vochtwerende produkten) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déchets provenant de la FFDU de colles et mastics(y compris produits d'étanchéité) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | imprägnierung (impregnation, Reproofing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απόβλητα από την ΠΔΠΧ κολλών και στεγανωτικών υλικών(περιλαμβάνονται και υδατοστεγανωτικά προϊόντα) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rifiuti da PFFU di adesivi e sigillanti(inclusi prodotti impermeabilizzanti) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aterproofingway resíduos de FFDU de adesivos e vedantes(incluindo produtos impermeabilizantes) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) делать водонепроницаемым/ (waterproofs). (various references) residuos de la FFDU de pegamentos, sellantes (incluyendo productos de impermeabilización) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)). (various references) impregnering (impregnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "waterproofing": waterproofings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "waterproofing" (pronounced wô"terpruw'fing) |
| 7 | -er p r uw' f i ng | fireproofing. |
| 3 | -f i ng | beefing, bluffing, briefing, chafing, choreographing, coffing, coughing, debriefing, doffing, dwarfing, engulfing, golfing, goofing, huffing, knifing, laughing, leafing, morphing, offing, photographing, proofing, puffing, rebuffing, roofing, roughing, ruffing, rustproofing, sniffing, snuffing, spiffing, spoofing, staffing, strafing, stuffing, surfing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: perforating, perforation. | |
-3 letters: fortepiano, perorating, peroration, pianoforte, progenitor, waterproof. | |
-4 letters: farrowing, operating, operation, parroting, portering, pretorian, prorating, proration, prorogate, rainproof, reporting, reroofing. | |
-5 letters: airpower, airproof, anterior, arrowing, atropine, firetrap, footgear, footwear, forepart, forewarn, forewing, foreworn, frontage, frontier, giftware, giftwrap, interrow, interwar, ironware, operator, orangier, parergon, pinafore, powering, pretrain, priorate, profaner, profiter, progeria, pronator, proofing. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: waterproofings. | |
+2 letters: weatherproofing. | |
| 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. | |
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