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firestops

firestops is the plural of firestop.

Meaning of firestop

Noun

firestop (plural firestops)

  1. A fire block.
    Synonyms:
    draft stop
  2. Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.

Questions about firestops

What is firestops the plural of?
Firestops is the plural of firestop.

Words near firestops in the dictionary

  1. Firestone layaway
  2. Firestone layaways
  3. firestones
  4. firestop
  5. firestopping
  6. firestops
  7. firestorm
  8. firestorms
  9. firestream
  10. firestreams
  11. firestriker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: firestops (page history and authors); firestop (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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