Definition of Fireproof

1. Adjective. Impervious to damage by fire.


2. Verb. Make resistant to fire.
Generic synonyms: Proof

Definition of Fireproof

1. a. Proof against fire; incombustible.

Definition of Fireproof

1. Adjective. Resistant to damage from fire. ¹

2. Verb. To make resistant to damage from fire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fireproof

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireproof

firepit
fireplace
fireplace match
fireplaced
fireplaces
fireplug
fireplugs
firepole
firepoles
firepot
firepots
firepower
firepower kill
firepowers
fireproof (current term)
fireproofed
fireproofing
fireproofs
firer
fireroom
firerooms
firers
fires
fires away
fires off
fires up
firesale
firescorched
fireset

Literary usage of Fireproof

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"fireproof construction —Continued. Fire, load and water test on floor systems. ... 11 Scl Am S 76:360-2 Je 7 '13 fireproof construction in mines. ..."

2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"fireproof, Semi-fireproof, Fire Protection.—Needless to say every effort should be made to have our new schools fireproof. Semi-fireproof usually means ..."

3. Property Insurance: Comprising Fire and Marine Insurance, Corporate Surety by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"The danger of fire to contents within a fireproof building is much greater ... On the other hand, a fireproof building radiates very little of its exposure ..."

4. The Tenement House Problem: Including the Report of the New York State by New York (State). Tenement House Commission, Lawrence Veiller, Robert Weeks De Forest (1903)
"In all non-fireproof as well as fireproof tenement houses hereafter erected five stories or more in height, exclusive of the cellar, the first floor above ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"When the height of a fireproof building exceeds twelve stories, or is more than 150 feet, the floor-surfaces shall be of stone, cement, rock, asphalt, ..."

6. Property Insurance, Comprising Fire and Marine Insurance, Corporate Surety by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1911)
"It should also be noted that the public is altogether too apt to minimize the importance of exposures to fireproof buildings. ..."

7. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1901)
"In all non-fireproof tenement houses hereafter erected less than five stories in height, whore the first floor above the cellar, or, If there be no cellar, ..."

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