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Definition of "fireproof" []

  • Impervious or resistant to damage by fire. (adjective)
  • To make fireproof. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fireproof" in a sentence
  • "The term fireproof buildings shall apply to all buildings in which the principal parts are made of incombustible materials, these principal parts consisting mainly in walls, floor construction, roof construction, furring, ceiling, stairs and all shaft enclosures."
  • "In the movie the word fireproof is used a couple of times from one firefighter to another specifically talking about marriage."
  • "The destructive consequences attending fire in such buildings, whose iron and masonry construction is called fireproof, show that some other form of construction is necessary to obtain the desired results of minimizing the annual cost of the maintenance of the invested capital, as represented by insurance, depreciation, interest and taxation."
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