weatherstrip

See also: weather strip

English

Etymology

weather +‎ strip

Noun

weatherstrip (plural weatherstrips)

1. (US) A narrow piece of material used to prevent cold air from entering a building through the edge of a window or a door.

Synonyms

• draughtproofing (British)

Translations

material used to prevent cold air from entering

• Bulgarian: уплътнител за врата/прозорец (uplǎtnitel za vrata/prozorec)
• Estonian: tihtimine, tihtimisriba
• Finnish: tiivistenauha (fi), tiiviste (fi)
• French: coupe-brise f, coupe-froid f
• German: Dichtprofil n, Dichtungsprofil n, Bürstendichtung m, Bodendichtung f, Dichtband n, Keder (de) m, Fugendichtung f, Fugendichtband n
• Spanish: burlete (es) m
• Swedish: fönsterremsa c (for windows)

Verb

weatherstrip (third-person singular simple present weatherstrips, present participle weatherstripping, simple past and past participle weatherstripped)

1. To apply such a strip.

Synonyms

• draughtproof (British)

Translations

to apply such a strip

• Finnish: tiivistää (fi)
• German: dichten (de), abdichten (de)