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firesuit

firesuit noun: a fire-retardant suit worn in motor racing.

Noun

firesuit (plural firesuits)

  1. A fire-retardant suit worn in motor racing.
    • He was among the hundreds on hand for the unveiling, some arriving as early as 6:30 a.m. to see the new car, the various racecars inside and the Elvis display case that included the orange firesuit worn by Presley as the racecar driver Lucky Jackson in the 1964 film “Viva Las Vegas.”2009 May 16, Viv Bernstein, “Without Racing or Earnhardt, a Shop Remains”, in New York Times

Forms of firesuit

pluralfiresuits

Origin of firesuit

From fire + suit.

Questions about firesuit

What does firesuit mean?
Firesuit means a fire-retardant suit worn in motor racing.
What part of speech is firesuit?
Firesuit is a noun.
What is the plural of firesuit?
The plural of firesuit is firesuits.

Words near firesuit in the dictionary

  1. firestorms
  2. firestream
  3. firestreams
  4. firestriker
  5. firestrikers
  6. firesuit
  7. firesuits
  8. firetail
  9. firetails
  10. fireteam
  11. fireteams

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