Is Tear Proof a Word?

Resistant to being torn.

Is tear and tear the same word?

Tear and tear are two words that are spelled identically but are pronounced differently and have different meanings, which makes them heteronyms. ... English words are also spelled according to their etymologies rather than their sound.

How do you spell tear as in tear out?

Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or violence in tearing apart or in pieces: to rend one's clothes in grief.