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fire damper

fire damper noun: a passive fire protection product used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ducts.

Noun

fire damper (plural fire dampers)

  1. A passive fire protection product used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ducts.
  2. A damper which closes off an air duct automatically in the event of fire so as to restrict the passage of fire and smoke.
  3. (archaic, historical) A mine worker who detects and clears a mineshaft of firedamp by intentionally burning or blowing it up.
    • Jack is a former fire damper who was injured in an explosion.

Forms of fire damper

pluralfire dampers
alternative formfiredamper

Questions about fire damper

What does fire damper mean?
Fire damper means a passive fire protection product used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ducts.
What part of speech is fire damper?
Fire damper is a noun.
What is the plural of fire damper?
The plural of fire damper is fire dampers.

Words near fire damper in the dictionary

  1. fire coral
  2. fire corals
  3. fire crotch
  4. fire crotches
  5. fire cupping
  6. fire damper
  7. fire dampers
  8. fire dancer
  9. fire dancers
  10. fire department
  11. fire departments

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