waterfast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

adj

"If you spot paste, and your paper is waterfast, wipe at once with a damp cloth or sponge. If the paper is not waterfast, wipe with a dry cloth."
"A waterfast sunscreen, in other words, a product that stays on well despite swimming or heavy perspiration, is also advisable."

From water + fast. Cognate with Scots wattirfast (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterfêst (“waterproof”), Dutch watervast (“waterproof”), German wasserfest (“waterproof”), Danish vandfast (“waterproof”), Swedish vattenfast (“waterproof”).

more waterfast (comparative) most waterfast (superlative)

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What does waterfast mean?

watertight

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