scaleproof

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adjective

Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).

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Meanings

adjectivescaleproof (comparative more scaleproof, superlative most scaleproof)

comparative more scaleproof · superlative most scaleproof · alternative scale-proof

  1. Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).
  2. Resistant to being scaled (climbed).
    1 more example

    When the company had built a scale-proof fence worthy of a prison compound and brought in security personnel to eject the protesters, the ecowarriors had simply sharpened up their game by sabotaging construction vehicles, slashing tyres and setting an awful lot of valuable machinery ablaze, until in the end the company execs had been forced to cut their losses and give up.

    2020 May 28, Scott Mariani, The Pretender’s Gold (Ben Hope, Book 21), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN

Origin

From scale + -proof.

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APA

scaleproof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaleproof

MLA

“scaleproof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaleproof. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scaleproof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaleproof.

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