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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
soundproof
I.adjective
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▪ Across a soundproof divider from the Kelleys will be Jenkins' witnesses: two lawyers and a woman described as his friend.
▪ He used the space beneath his desk as a kind of soundproof booth.
▪ It was a soundproof, windowless room at the end of the corridor on the second floor.
▪ So in 1954 Hebbs built a dark, soundproof cell at McGill University in Montreal.
II.verb
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▪ The flat is soundproofed with 18 inches of concrete above and below.
▪ They also had to keep windows shut during services and soundproof the room.
Wiktionary
soundproof
  1. Not allowing sound through. v

  2. To make resistant to transmitting sound.

WordNet
soundproof
  1. adj. impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room"

  2. v. insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed"

Wikipedia
Soundproof (band)

Soundproof are English Dubstep producers and DJ's born and raised in West London. Jamie and Yung-e (Soundproof) would try their luck at the door and sometimes would make it in to the rave. Seeing the DJ's inspired them to get turntables and start buying Drum and Bass vinyl. When the dark garage sounds started to emerge they were straight on to that. With producers like EL-B, Zed Bias and Landslide inspiring them to take the next step in to music production. Over 2 years they would pass new beats to DJ's like Distance, Coki and Leofa. This led to them getting signed to one of the first ever Dubstep labels 'BOKA Records'. Their first ever release was '3 Degree's' which featured on 'The low end dubs ep' alongside Distance and SLT Mob. They were appearing on vinyl with some of the best in the newly formed Dubstep scene.

As well as releasing music Soundproof were DJ'ing on some of the best pirate radio stations in London at the time. These include Flex FM, React FM, Image FM, Ice Cold FM and Y2k FM.

Soundproof (film)

Soundproof is a 2006 BBC television film in the drama genre, directed by Edmund Coulthard and written by Joe Fisher. The film score was composed by Mark Richter and Max Richter. It starred Joseph Mawle and Susan Lynch as a profoundly deaf man accused of murder and his sign-language interpreter. It was conducted partly in sign-language and subtitles. It won a 2007 BAFTA for best director, and was also nominated for an RTS Television Awards for Best Female Actor (for Lynch) and Breakthrough Award (for Mawle).

Soundproof (album)

Soundproof is the 4th live album & 18th album overall by ApologetiX. In addition to 14 new songs, 4 songs are rewritten/rerecorded: "Yer Maker" from Radical History Tour, as well as "Lions", "That Daughter" & "Ain't That A Miracle?" from Isn't Wasn't Ain't.

Usage examples of "soundproof".

But, he reminded himself, an office that had soundproof walls, a peephole from the next room where an armed guard sat watching every move, and a rear exit to an areaway where a car always waited.

But Heini, understandably, wanted to concentrate on a solo career and since the house was not sufficiently soundproof to accommodate two practice sessions, the sight of Ziller carrying his Guarneri to the cloakroom of the Day Centre once more became familiar in Belsize Park.

The absolute silence told her the building had excellent soundproofing, or everyone in the place was dead.

Even through the soundproofing I heard her pounding at the door, asking if I was okay.

His 9mm sounded like a cannon compared to the silenced weapon, and his bullets punched much larger holes through the hardboard and soundproofing material.

It is secure and the walls are soundproof to anything short of a gunshot.

But his smile did nothing to ease the nervous tension which crackled like electricity in the cool, humidified atmosphere of the locked, soundproofed room.

The chamber was virtually soundproof, so the only way for occupants to signal unhappiness or distress was to tap insistently on the chamber wall or to hold up notes to a small window.

It was an anechoic chamber, absolutely soundproof and free of vibrations.

No major-sport player had ever even orbited in close enough to hear the elisions and apical lapses of a mid-Southern accent in her oddly flat but resonant voice that sounded like someone enunciating very carefully inside a soundproof enclosure.

It's soundproof, bugproof, who knows, it's probably waterproof as well.

A car horn sounded close by, insinuating itself like a knife through the window's soundproofing, and she started.

For the present, taking advantage of the rooms soundproof structure, I used it to test-fire converted guns and mock bullets.

All the mechanical equipment-water pipes, steam pipes, electric conduits-were concentrated in crawl spaces between floors, for easy access and to help soundproof the building.

His office had soundproofing on the ceiling, a gray steel desk with two matching chairs, a gray dictating machine on a gray stand, a telephone and pen set of the same color as the walls and floor.