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CHILD-PROOF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does child-proof mean?
• CHILD-PROOF (verb)
The verb CHILD-PROOF has 1 sense:
1. make safe against children
Familiarity information: CHILD-PROOF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make safe against children
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
child-proof; childproof
Context example:
childproof the apartment
Hypernyms (to "child-proof" is one way to...):
proof (make resistant (to harm))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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