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fire block

fire block noun: a wooden block built into the interior of a wall or floor, running perpendicular to stud and joist cavities, especially in balloon-frame construction, intended to inhibit the spread of fire within stud and/or joist cavities.

Noun

fire block (plural fire blocks)

  1. A wooden block built into the interior of a wall or floor, running perpendicular to stud and joist cavities, especially in balloon-frame construction, intended to inhibit the spread of fire within stud and/or joist cavities.
    Synonyms:
    fire stop

Synonyms of fire block

Forms of fire block

pluralfire blocks

Questions about fire block

What does fire block mean?
Fire block means a wooden block built into the interior of a wall or floor, running perpendicular to stud and joist cavities, especially in balloon-frame construction, intended to inhibit the spread of fire within stud and/or joist cavities.
What part of speech is fire block?
Fire block is a noun.
What is the plural of fire block?
The plural of fire block is fire blocks.

Words near fire block in the dictionary

  1. fire blanks
  2. fire blast
  3. fire blight
  4. fire blights
  5. fire blindness
  6. fire block
  7. fire blocks
  8. fire board
  9. fire boards
  10. fire boss
  11. fire bosses

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