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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 childrenplay

  Familiarity information: CHILD-PROOF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHILD-PROOF (verb)


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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