all-weather
3
3.7
- adjective
- /ˈɔlˈwɛðər/
:
para todo clima
- She loves her all-weather boots because they keep her feet dry and warm during any storm.
- all-weather road
Examples
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Because the target acquisition sensors on these systems are radars, they can operate day and night and in nearly all weather.
Academic text (1991) -
Through an $88,920 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Trinity High School installed an all-weather track.
Academic text (1998) -
Drought coverage is part of all-weather crop insurance.
Academic text (1994) -
The investors plan to enclose the entire state with an all-weather roof... and turn it into the world's largest shopping mall.
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Not all towns are connected to the capital by all-weather roads or rails, and road travel is perilous for many months in the year.
Academic text (2006) -
Established in 1971, we have vast experience in producing high-quality, all-weather garments, manufacturing.
Blog text (8) -
And there's an all-weather umbrella, only don't put it up when it's windy.
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Rock Bridge High School's track was upside down when the University of Missouri replaced their red dog track with an all-weather surface; they kindly donated the cinders to Rock Bridge, the local high school.
Fiction book (1993) -
A compacted crushed limestone topping of about four inches creates an all-weather surface.
Academic text (2001) -
The recent upgrading of the national highway that runs through the valley into an all-weather road has only increased Bemazava's anxieties about this ever-increasing influx of migrants.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
1
3.9
Able to keep out rain, wind, or sun
Antonyms
How Weatherproof
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
All-weather comes from the parts all- (meaning 'every' or 'all') and weather (meaning 'rain, sun, snow, wind'), so it means 'for every kind of weather'. That's why an all-weather pitch, track, or tire is made to be used in rain, snow, or sun.