waterproof garment

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• Waterproof — Wa ter*proof , a. Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• waterproof — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impervious to water. ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a waterproof garment. ► VERB ▪ make waterproof …   English terms dictionary

• waterproof — adjective impervious to water. noun Brit. a waterproof garment. verb make waterproof. Derivatives waterproofer noun waterproofness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• waterproof — adj., n., & v. adj. impervious to water. n. a waterproof garment or material. v.tr. make waterproof …   Useful english dictionary

• waterproof — [wôt′ər pro͞of΄] adj. that keeps out water completely; esp., treated with rubber, plastic, etc. so that water will not penetrate n. 1. waterproof material 2. Chiefly Brit. a raincoat or other outer garment of waterproof material vt. to make… …   English World dictionary

• Waterproof — Wa ter*proof , n. 1. A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water. [1913 Webster] 2. Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• garment */*/ — UK [ˈɡɑː(r)mənt] / US [ˈɡɑrmənt] noun [countable] Word forms garment : singular garment plural garments formal a piece of clothing. This word is used especially when talking about the production and sale of clothes waterproof outer garments The… …   English dictionary

• waterproof — /ˈwɔtəpruf / (say wawtuhproohf) adjective 1. impervious to water. 2. rendered impervious to water by some special process, as coating or treating with rubber or the like. –noun 3. any of several coated or rubberised fabrics which will hold water …  

• garment — gar|ment [ garmənt ] noun count FORMAL ** a piece of clothing. This word is used especially when talking about the production and sale of clothes: waterproof outer garments The garment workers were being paid very low wages. the fashion garment… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers — The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses… …   Wikipedia

• Dickey (garment) — Advertisement for a false shirt front or dickey , 1912 Dickie redirects here. For other uses, see Dickie (disambiguation). A dickey (alternately written as dickie or dicky[1]; sometimes known as a tuxedo front or tux front) is a type of false …   Wikipedia