WEATHERSTRIP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: weatherstripped , weatherstripping

Meaning:

A narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("weatherstrip" is a kind of...):

slip; strip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)

Meaning:

Provide with weatherstripping

Example:

The window must be weatherstripped before the cold weather sets in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "weatherstrip" is one way to...):

insulate (protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material)

Sentence frame:

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