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firesafe

firesafe adjective: designed to reduce the risk of fire.

Adjective

firesafe (comparative more firesafe, superlative most firesafe)

  1. Designed to reduce the risk of fire.
    • A complete firesafe home would be constructed of noncombustible materials, stone, cement, bricks, and so on.1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce, Fire Research and Safety Act of 1967, Hearings..., page 56
    • I would also like to express strong support for your proposal to introduce new legislation which would support a study of the technological and economic feasibility of a firesafe cigarette.1983, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging, Home Fire Deaths: A Preventable Tragedy: Hearing..., page 181

Forms of firesafe

comparativemore firesafe
superlativemost firesafe

Origin of firesafe

From fire + safe.

Questions about firesafe

What does firesafe mean?
Firesafe means designed to reduce the risk of fire.
What part of speech is firesafe?
Firesafe is an adjective.

Words near firesafe in the dictionary

  1. fires off
  2. fires on all cylinders
  3. fires out
  4. fires the starting gun
  5. fires up
  6. firesafe
  7. firesafeness
  8. firesafety
  9. firesale
  10. firesales
  11. firesand

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