Definitions
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- noun US A narrow piece of
material used to prevent cold air from entering a building through the edge of a window or a door. - verb To apply such a strip.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide with weatherstripping
- noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold
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Examples
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[11] Seal and weatherstrip your windows and doors to ensure that you're not wasting energy on heat or air conditioning that escapes through leaks to the outdoors.
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They were moving along a road lined with light industrial buildings: building contractors, plumbing supply, weatherstrip manufacturing, and the like.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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The rubber weatherstrip under the front door is half missing, a victim of toenails as the heelers make mad dashes out the door umpteen times a day.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2005
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Extended Reach Door Jamb weatherstrip, works well with doors that have settled or are out of square.
craigslist | all for sale / wanted in chicago webmaster@craigslist.org 2010
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"Instead of having separate meetings with different weatherstrip manufacturers, for example, we would have one meeting and lay the same challenge and objective out to all the suppliers," says Sorensen.
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"Instead of having separate meetings with different weatherstrip manufacturers, for example, we would have one meeting and lay the same challenge and objective out to all the suppliers," says Sorensen.
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These are basically jobs to nowhere -- training on how to maintain windmills and solar panels and how to weatherstrip homes.
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Their crews replace light bulbs, wrap fiberglass blankets around water heaters and weatherstrip doors.
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These are basically jobs to nowhere -- training on how to maintain windmills and solar panels and how to weatherstrip homes.
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These are basically jobs to nowhere -- training on how to maintain windmills and solar panels and how to weatherstrip homes.
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