flameproof
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]flameproof (comparative more flameproof, superlative most flameproof)
- Resistant to catching fire.
- 1952 December, “Brighton Line Resignalling, Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 830:
- One hundred and fifty miles of flameproof wire have been used in the signalboxes and relay rooms.
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]flameproof (third-person singular simple present flameproofs, present participle flameproofing, simple past and past participle flameproofed)
- (transitive) To make flameproof.
- 1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542:
- Structural timber in the roofs throughout the station has been flameproofed.
References
[edit]- “flameproof”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.