child-proof

A verb meaning to make something safe for children or resistant to damage or opening by children.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant rendre quelque chose sûr pour les enfants ou résistant aux dégâts ou à l'ouverture par les enfants.

1. Make safe for children B2 formal

   To modify or secure something to prevent children from accessing, damaging, or being harmed by it.

   • They child-proofed the kitchen by installing safety locks on all cabinets.
   • Parents should child-proof electrical outlets to prevent accidents.
   • We need to child-proof the garden gate so the toddler cannot open it.

   🇫🇷mettre à l'épreuve des enfants

• child-proofed past participle
• child-proofed past simple
• child-proofing present participle
• child-proofs third person singular