Fireproof
['faɪəpruːf] or ['faɪɚpruf]
Definition
(verb.) make resistant to fire.
(adj.) impervious to damage by fire .
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Definition
(a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Incombustible.
Editor: Maureen
Examples
- If I was locked up in a fireproof chest vith a patent Brahmin, she'd find means to get at me, Sammy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Will remained in its fireproof box at my office, through more years than I like to reckon up. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is to be hoped that at no distant day these Edisoniana will be assembled and arranged in a fireproof museum for the benefit of posterity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This makes the upper or gun hoist shorter and increases the speed of ammunition service, besides interposing two fireproof bulkheads between the guns and the magazine handling room. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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