fireproof
IPA: fˈaɪɝpruf
verb
- To make resistant to damage from fire.
adjective
- Resistant to damage from fire.
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Examples of "fireproof" in Sentences
- Company after company dashed into the blazing "fireproof" building, urged by the hoarse profanity of the chief.
- In the movie the word fireproof is used a couple of times from one firefighter to another specifically talking about marriage.
- Once known as Temple Court, 5 Beekman Street was built in 1882 and today is the earliest surviving "fireproof" office building of the pre-skyscraper period.
- My impression is that "fireproof," in the American tongue, is one of those agreeable but quite meaningless phrases which adorn the languages of all nations.
- It is needless to say that when wooden doors are lined, they should be lined on both sides; but frequently we find so-called fireproof doors lined on one side only.
- How indispensable osseogen becomes may be realized when people begin to know enough about themselves to realize that our bone structure must be "fireproof" in order to last for the normal span of human life!
- The term fireproof buildings shall apply to all buildings in which the principal parts are made of incombustible materials, these principal parts consisting mainly in walls, floor construction, roof construction, furring, ceiling, stairs and all shaft enclosures.
- The destructive consequences attending fire in such buildings, whose iron and masonry construction is called fireproof, show that some other form of construction is necessary to obtain the desired results of minimizing the annual cost of the maintenance of the invested capital, as represented by insurance, depreciation, interest and taxation.
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