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fireproof

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
resistant to damage from fire. v To make resistant to damage from fire.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fireproof is the fifth and last studio album by Irish rock band That Petrol Emotion .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Theatre curtains have to be fireproof . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Put the slice of bread on a fireproof dish and under the grill. ▪ Roebling had pioneered fireproof construction methods, especially the use of reinforced ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. impervious to damage by fire v. make resistant to fire

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fire-proof , 1630s, from fire (n.) + proof . As a verb, from 1867. Related: Fireproofed ; fireproofing .

Usage examples of fireproof.

The cabinet was brown with fake wood grain, fireproof, batterproof, burglarproof, made of heavy-gauge steel for the most security-minded file keepers, and the ponytailed guy was fiddling noisily with the lock.

Nicholas pivoted off his right foot and buried his left heel into the side of my fireproof, batterproof, burglarproof, heavy-gauge steel filing cabinet.

Bill was carried away by the emotion and rush of bodies and cheered as loudly as the rest and shoved his torch first at the corridor wall, then into a chair on the chairway which put the torch out, since everything in Helior is either made of metal or is fireproof.

We had fireproofed the roof with concrete tile five years before, recoated with thick fire-resistant paint in 1992, and the morning of the fire had a garden crew clearing out the volatile underbrush.

Dan could see now that in some areas the insulation was modern, rolls or batts of thick, vermin-proof, fireproof mineral fiber, doubtless underlain by a plastic vapor barrier.

The shoya, his family and all villagers, already masked against smoke and prepared within moments of the first alarm, continued to work with well-rehearsed but stoic speed to pack away valuables into the small, fireproofed brick shelters that were in every garden.

And there was a child of three that claimed he’d seen a Wise One swallow it—waterproof, radiationproof, fireproof, crashproof box and all.

Cahill sat in his cubicle, slowly leafing through the files and bank statements retrieved from the fireproof safe in Sarah's closet.

In the form of its basic salt, obtained as a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, it is used chiefly in the textile industry as a waterproofing agent, as a fireproofing agent, and as a mordant.

The one who had this grudge against Phoenix the Fireproof Fan Dancer.

During this period, a variety of patents were issued for ferromanganese, clay, marble dust, and plaster of Paris as fireproof linings for safes.

And so when houses were finally fireproofed completely, all over the world (you were correct in your assumption the other night) there was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes.

But after a few heartpounding moments she turned around with the fireproofed box in both hands.

The walls of these were heavily plastered with whitewashed mud, and the roofs were fireproofed by yellow-brown clay tiles.

It was a melon-size flaming ball of something, a pitchlike substance probably, trailing a length of fireproofed braided lanyard.