[
US
/ˈfaɪɝˌpɹuf/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪəpɹuːf/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪəpɹuːf/ ]
VERB
- make resistant to fire
ADJECTIVE
- impervious to damage by fire
How To Use fireproof In A Sentence
- Thrice a day, the performers have been taking to the stage under the massive fireproof tents, which can accommodate up to 2,500 viewers.
- High-quality sprinkler systems and new fireproof roofing materials, for example, can reduce the chance of fire.
- Company after company dashed into the blazing "fireproof" building, urged by the hoarse profanity of the chief. The Poisoned Pen
- Timber lobbyists and foresters say thin out some national forests as a means of fireproofing them and preventing more superfires; that means cutting trees - lots of them.
- We had to fireproof the building, putting in fire doors and fire lights as we have over 30 kids here and we're open most of the day.
- This paper introduces the process of prefabricating and installation, technical property for the rock wool sandwich exterior wall board with thermal insulation, fireproof and pressure releasing.
- They really should stipulate fireproof partitioning floor-to-ceiling all the way along that stairwell. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
- The soft relaxation armchairs surround a huge fire timbale burning in the fireproofed hull of the vessel.
- Cheap and fireproof, it was an all-purpose insulator used to lag buildings, railway carriages, even ironing boards.
- After crude conversions, little remained of the building's original interior, except for some door architraves, cornices and a graceful staircase, brutally divided from the main space by a fireproof partition.