• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Weapons
bullet-proofˈbullet-ˌproof adjective PMWsomething that is bullet-proof is designed to stop bullets from going through it an inch-thick wall of bullet-proof glass
Examples from the Corpus
bullet-proof• Extra security staff are now being employed after the 20-strong gang smashed panes of bullet-proof glass in four animal pens.• There was a shadowy figure visible through the ironwork filigree and bullet-proof glass of the front door.• A bullet-proof glass screen sealed the public gallery and everyone entering the building was subjected to a body search.• Shopkeepers keep their riot-cladding drawn, opening narrow doors for customers, and the cash-registers and shotguns nestle behind bullet-proof glass.• Unix, which is about the same age, just isn't as bullet-proof, it says.• Later, two black bullet-proof Jaguar motor cars headed out of South London.• So close to the front not even Goebbels' bullet-proof limousine was safe.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

January 25, 2021

holdall
noun ˈhəʊld-ɔːl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree