weatherstrip
IPA: wˈɛðɝstrˈɪp
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.
weather strip
IPA: wˈɛðɝstrˈɪp
noun
- A strip of wood, rubber, or other material applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.
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Examples of "weatherstrip" in Sentences
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Examples of "weather-strip" in Sentences
- ROBERTS: I spent $10 to weather-strip the door to my apartment the other day.
- Caulk around windows and weather-strip doors to prevent cool air from leaking out.
- To conserve energy and prevent air from escaping, caulk and weather-strip your windows.
- • To prevent air leakage to and from the attic, weather-strip and insulate the attic hatch.
- Weather-strip windows and doors: Caulk, seal and weather-strip doors and windows where drafts are detected.
- If you have too many windows on the "cold side" of a house, give them double sashes (_not_ double panes), and "weather-strip" them.
- · Seal and weather-strip doors and windows to ensure your home retains as much cool air as possible and blocks warm air from entering.
- Where they have introduced the patent weather-strip, I place the tract on the upper door-step, with a brick-bat, which keeps it from blowing away.
- And that extends to making sure to weather-strip all your doors and put door sweeps on, to install -- and install the latest energy efficient technologies.
- The plants produce extrusion, notching and molding processes for the automotive weather-strip market, and company officials say expansion in Goldsboro will allow it to grow its technology offerings and capabilities to serve a global customer base.
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