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firebreaks

firebreaks is the plural of firebreak.

Meaning of firebreak

Noun

firebreak (plural firebreaks)

  1. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
    • The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
    Synonyms:
    firetrail
  2. (figuratively) Any separating barrier.
    • That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons.1984, Dietrich Schroeer, Science, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race, page 293

Questions about firebreaks

What is firebreaks the plural of?
Firebreaks is the plural of firebreak.

Words near firebreaks in the dictionary

  1. firebrass
  2. firebrat
  3. firebrats
  4. firebreak
  5. firebreaking
  6. firebreaks
  7. firebreath
  8. firebreather
  9. firebreathers
  10. firebreathing
  11. firebrick

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