fireproof
fireproof adjective: resistant to damage from fire.
Adjective
fireproof (comparative more fireproof, superlative most fireproof)
- Resistant to damage from fire.
- The fireproof safe will protect documents inside for up to four hours in a standard house fire.
- When I was in the States, three years ago, the head porter at one hotel took pains to impress on me that the building was absolutely fireproof.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
- Synonyms:
- fire-resistant, flame-retardant, refractory
Verb
fireproof (third-person singular simple present fireproofs, present participle fireproofing, simple past and past participle fireproofed)
- To make resistant to damage from fire.
- I hastily fireproofed my clothing somewhat by pouring a bucket of water over myself before dashing into the flames.
- When he had built his home in Camarillo in 2024, he had taken every precaution to fireproof it, a practice the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is increasingly encouraging homeowners to do. […] Despite fire officials ordering the evacuation of thousands of homes, 250 residents...2024 November 10, Alaa Elassar, “As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it takes to do it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec...
fireproof meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
fireproof in Tamil
- தீ பற்றாத, தீகாப்பு, தீத்தடுப்புந தீக்காப்பு, தீப்பற்றாத, தீபற்றாத
fireproof in Bengali
- fireproof
- অগ্নিসহ ôgniśôhô
fireproof in Malayalam
- incombustible, non-flammable, fire resistant
- തീപിടിക്കാത്ത, തീ ബാധിക്കാത്ത, തീ പറ്റാത്ത, തീ കത്താത്ത, അഗ്നിപ്രതിരോധകം, അദാഹ്യ
fireproof in Kannada
- ಕಿಚ್ಚುಹತ್ತದ, ಬಿಸಿತಡೆವ, ಬೆಂಕಿತಾಗದ
More languagesFewer languages
- fireproof in Malay
- kalis api
- fireproof in Persian
- نسوز
Examples of fireproof in a sentence
- During his home’s construction, Snyder installed fireproof roofing, siding and eaves.2024 November 10, Alaa Elassar, “As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it...
- Some wanted to defend their homes, while others, like Snyder, had fireproofed their homes and felt confident in their chances.2024 November 10, Alaa Elassar, “As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it...
Synonyms of fireproof
Forms of fireproof
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fireproof |
| superlative | most fireproof |
| alternative form | fire-proof |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fireproofs |
| present participle | fireproofing |
| past participle | fireproofed |
| past | fireproofed |
Origin of fireproof
From fire + -proof.
Words formed from fireproof
Questions about fireproof
- What does fireproof mean?
- Fireproof means resistant to damage from fire.
- What is fireproof in Tamil?
- Fireproof in Tamil is தீ பற்றாத, தீகாப்பு, தீத்தடுப்புந தீக்காப்பு. See Fireproof meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use fireproof in a sentence?
- During his home’s construction, Snyder installed fireproof roofing, siding and eaves.
- What part of speech is fireproof?
- Fireproof can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near fireproof in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fireproof (page history and authors); fireproof (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অগ্নিসহ (Bengali) (page history and authors); fireproof (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fireproof (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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