childproof

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.

   Because of her arthritis, she always asked not to have childproof caps on her medicine bottles.

2. adjective Made safe for children.

   They attempted to make the house childproof by covering all sharp corners with soft foam.

3. adjective Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.

   After several visits from his darling nephews, Mike's bookshelves were childproof; all breakables and valuable books had been moved out of reach.

4. verb To make something childproof (in any sense).

   I debated childproofing my house, but decided against, on the basis that any scars or burns would serve as object lessons in restraint.

Similar words

latches closed unopenable off-limits dummy-proof idiotproof unclosable sealed dummyproof unbypassable

Often followed by

caps containers cap locks your latches the bottles container

Word family

childproofed childproofing childproofs